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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

Never allow your mind to dwell on your own misconduct: that is ruin. The conscience has morbid sensibilities; it must be employed but not indulged, like the imagination or the stomach.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 7.1 “Discipline of Conscience”

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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Essay (1880-01/02?), "Reflections and Remarks on Human Life," § 7.1 "Discipline of Conscience" | WIST Quotations

Never allow your mind to dwell on your own misconduct: that is ruin. The conscience has morbid sensibilities; it must be employed but not indulged, like the imagination or the stomach. A collection of aphorisms and musings, first published in the Edinburgh Edition of his Works, vol. 28 (1898).

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A quotation from Josh Billings

I notiss that when a man runs hiz hed aginst a post, he cusses the post fust, all kreashun next, and sumthing else last, and never thinks ov cussing himself.
 
[I notice that when a man runs his head against a post, he cusses the post first, all creation next, and something else last, and never thinks of cussing himself.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 7 “When I waz a Boy” (1874)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Trump Kards, ch. 7 "When I waz a Boy" (1874) | WIST Quotations

I notiss that when a man runs hiz hed aginst a post, he cusses the post fust, all kreashun next, and sumthing else last, and never thinks ov cussing himself. [I notice that when a man runs his head against a post, he cusses the post first, all creation next,…

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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

It is the business of this life to make excuses for others, but none for ourselves. We should be clearly persuaded of our own misconduct, for that is the part of knowledge in which we are most apt to be defective.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 1.1 “Justice and Justification”

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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Essay (1880-01/02?), "Reflections and Remarks on Human Life," § 1.1 "Justice and Justification" | WIST Quotations

It is the business of this life to make excuses for others, but none for ourselves. We should be clearly persuaded of our own misconduct, for that is the part of knowledge in which we are most apt to be defective. A collection of aphorisms and musings, first published in…

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 2, § 8 (1951)

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Hoffer, Eric - True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 2, § 8 (1951) | WIST Quotations

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 30, 2025

A quotation from A. A. Milne

   “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said Pooh, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
   “You’re the Best Bear in All the World,” said Christopher Robin soothingly.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

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A quotation from Josh Billings

The quickest way to take the starch out ov a man who iz allwuss blameing himself, is to agree with him, this aint what he iz looking for.
 
[The quickest way to take the starch out of a man who is always blaming himself, is to agree with him; this ain’t what he is looking for.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-11 (1875 ed.)

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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

We only criticize ourselves in order to win the praise of others.
 
[On ne se blâme que pour être loué.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶554 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957), ¶524]

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C. L. HamerFeb 19, 2023
This new essay by Monya really expresses my own experience with Mormonism: https://mainstreetplaza.com/2023/02/15/breaking-mormonisms-self-blame-cycle/ #Mormonism #ExMormonism #LDS #Perfection #SelfBlame
Breaking Mormonism’s self-blame cycle – Main Street Plaza

Frodo 🇧🇪Nov 10, 2022

Our Inner critic (IC) can be very mean to us. It’s a way we can really downgrade ourselves (by telling us that we are stupid, ugly,…). How can we deal with the IC?

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https://youtu.be/VP7R_WIm6-M

Alfred & Shadow - A Short Story about Self-Criticism

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