Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility. Isaac the Syrian
The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them. Simone de Beauvoir
Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health. Basil of Caesarea
There's a cause of everything. Indonesian Proverb
He who is the cause of his own misfortune may bewail it himself. Italian Proverb
The mouth is the cause of calamity. Japanese Proverb