Drop the Rock–the Ripple Effect – Quote 30

It’s important to draw a distinction between a flaw and the emotion associated with that flaw. In the above passage, selfishness and dishonesty are clearly flaws. (Selfishness is a character defect: an overdeveloped sense of self-interest. Dishonesty, too, is a shortcoming: an underdeveloped sense of truthfulness.) But resentment and fear aren’t flaws; they’re the primary emotions typically associated with selfishness and dishonesty.