I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious.

— Criss Jami

I let him run on, this papier-mâché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.

— Joseph Conrad

Men seek a great deal, but fatally close, albeit very different, is one's pride in proving oneself right with one's zeal for finding the truth.

— Criss Jami

Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere.

— Jane Austen

Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister—that redolence of moral blackmail that adheres to certain charitable appeals and certain kinds of politician. (Not for nothing is baby-kissing the synonym for public insincerity.)

— Christopher Hitchens

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

— Criss Jami

The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it. Unlike the accusations and beliefs of the critics and skeptics, it is neither an obligation of duty; nor a fear of damnation; nor a wish for power; nor a desire to appear more righteous than others; nor because God needs it; but because through all love, truth, reason, faith, honesty, and joy in and beyond oneself and the universe, He is worthy.

— Criss Jami

The dean put a finger to his chin as he studied this great and troubling mystery. The applicant’s response reeked of insincerity, like, “Have a nice day!” with all the friendly burned off. “Okay, Mr. Darlington. I’ll just be a minute.

— Michael Benzehabe

The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don’t—whichever seems likelier to win an effect.

— John Updike

The expression Gone To The Dogs needs to be changed to Gone To Humans Without a Conscience

— Amit Abraham