QotITM
from the signature for the A.Word.A.Day for May 22, 2011 ("tyro"):
"Only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves."
--Paul Auster, novelist and poet (b. 1947)
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from the sig for A.W.A.D for May 24, 2011 ("concupiscent"):
"Men, said the Devil,
are good to their brothers:
they don't want to mend
their own ways, but each other's."
--Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
"Only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves."
--Paul Auster, novelist and poet (b. 1947)
***
from the sig for A.W.A.D for May 24, 2011 ("concupiscent"):
"Men, said the Devil,
are good to their brothers:
they don't want to mend
their own ways, but each other's."
--Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)