Jordan

“We don't give other people credit for the same interior complexity we take for granted in ourselves, the same capacity for holding contradictory feelings in balance, for complexly alloyed affections, for bottomless generosity of heart and petty, capricious malice. We can't believe that anyone could be unkind to us and still be genuinely fond of us, although we do it all the time.”
― Tim Kreider

“I listen with attention to the judgment of all men;
but so far as I can remember,
I have followed none but my own.”
― Michel de Montaigne

“The thing I fear most is fear.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays: A Selection