'Good and evil in certain qualities

Good and evil in certain qualities do not lie very far apart .

It is quite easy for devotion to principle — to pass over into obstinacy.

It is easy for self-respect, consciousness of ability — to pass over into miserable self-conceit.

It is easy for a man to make himself believe that he is cherishing justifiable anger — when in truth he is only giving way to very bad temper.

It is easy to let gentleness — become weakness; and tolerance toward sinners — grow into tolerance toward sin.

It is easy for us to become very selfish in many phases of our conduct, while in general we are really quite unselfish.