Augustine on the Human Condition

The human race is inquisitive about other people’s lives, but negligent to correct their own. Why do they demand to hear from me [about these confessions I make] when they refuse to hear from you [God] what they are?

Confessions 10.3.3

Heh. Truer words were never spoken. It is much easier to be more concerned about the sins and faults of others than to deal with our own.