#righteous

Anger was beautiful, because its core was the absence of all doubt. When anger wrapped you up in yourself and you knew that you were right and righteous—that the very universe was in agreement with you—at that moment you were a god, and anyone who crossed you or disagreed with you was worse than wrong, they were heretics, apostates, twisted in the very womb. ↗

— Greg Keyes

#anger

I identify with Superman. I am adopted, I am an only child, and I love the idea that he comes from another world, that he's the ultimate immigrant. He has all these extraordinary powers, and he has a righteousness about him. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#adopted #am #another #child #comes

The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we can exclaim like the wise man; righteousness exalteth a nation; for righteousness embraces knowledge and knowledge is power. ↗

— Joseph Smith Jr.

#inspiriational #knowledge #lds #mormon #religion

The gods behold all righteous actions. ↗

— Ovid

#behold #gods #righteous

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#comfort #country #days #doubt #dreary

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause. ↗

— Cole Younger

#esteemed #fighting #fought #honorable #i

When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet! ↗

— Shalom Harlow

#being #dancing #feet #first #got

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#been #boring #dull #image #left

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

#carrying #cause #effect #just #law

I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous. ↗

— Billy Crudup

#could #defer #director #him #i