A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

Fame is a magnifying glass

I think we need the magnifying glass.

This is under such a big magnifying glass, and everything is heightened, ... There are other times that I've been hot but it's shoved under the table.

I craft most of my own tragedies without ever having even the remotest understanding that it is I myself who have done the crafting.

Their Bibles had become an idol before God. That the cross, as a symbol, was an idol, even their own self-image was an idol before God.