Kissinger would probably be outraged even if he reread his own memoirs, on the grounds that they are not favorable enough.

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.

Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.

Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.