The portions of quotes that you see in bold italic are a convention of the editor and not the style of the author. The use of bold italics is intended to highlight keywords and ideas often associated with the particular Ennagram type. The Perfectionist He who stops being better stops being good . Oliver Cromwell Good men have the fewest fears. We cannot live better than in seeking to become better .
Nothing needs reforming so much as other people's habits.
Mark Twain So far as the human mind can shake off selfishness and act from a sacred regard to truth , justice , and duty, so far will men not only be virtuous , but fearless in virtue . The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent. In intercourse with Nature you are dealing with things at first hand, and you get a rule, a standard, that serves you through life . You are dealing with primal sanities, primal honesties, primal attraction. John Burroughs Do not try to do extraordinary things, but ordinary things with intensity .