Curiously, the less human beings pay attention to their own shortcomings, the more they seem concerned with the shortcomings of others. They are looking to tear the other person to bits, not to put that person to rights. Unable to excuse themselves, they are only ready to accuse others. (Sermon 19, 2).
In fact anyone who in the depths of his heart is tormented by a bad conscience is like a person who has to flee his house because it is leaking or filled with smoke and thus not able to be lived in. This is why such people want to live outside themselves seeking happiness in external things that distract. They seek peace in frivolities and distractions such as shows and other amusements and by following every whim. Why do they seek happiness in this way? Because they cannot find all well within; they are not at peace with their conscience. (Commentary on the Psalms, 100, 4).
A disoriented heart is a place where false gods are manufactured. (Commentary on the Psalms, 80, 14).
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