But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?
No man was ever ruined from without; the final ruin comes from within, when you turn hopeless and lose courage!
Spiritual favors are not always to be looked for, and not always to be relied on.
... the evil that comes out of your lips, into your own bosom will fall.
Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.
Be not too strict - too far east is west. You may lose all by demanding all.