Sukant Jain

“Men conscious of inferiority are always trying to impose themselves on others, because they know that underneath they are cowards or cretins.”
― Helen Simpson

“But that is the way of life, and that was but one of the first times, among no few to come, that I was taught a useful lesson about how appearances trump truth, and how villains hide their vices behind masks of piety, honour, and decency. And that to denounce evildoers without proof, attack them with weapons, trust blindly in reason or justice, is often the fastest road toward one's own perdition, while the scoundrels who use influence or money as a shield remained untouched.”
― Arturo Perez Reverte

“The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“Can you call yourself a coward simply because the courage of others seems to you out of proportion to the triviality of the occasion? Thus wisdom creates cowards. And thus you miss Opportunity while spending your life on the lookout for it.”
― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum