#righteous

Despite all claims to the contrary, we have not been called by God to be inspectors of others production or quality of 'fruit'. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #self-righteousness #r-alan-woods

Put that in your self-righteous pipe and smoke it!!!. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#presumptousness #r-alan-woods #self-righteousness #r-alan-woods

Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit. ↗

— Robert Barclay

#brought #christ #formed #forth #fruits

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. ↗

— David Brin

#civilization #could #culture #down #feed

Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#been #committed #crimes #more #name

When you think yours is the only true path you forever chain yourself to judging others and narrow the vision of God. The road to righteousness and arrogance is a parallel road that can intersect each other several times throughout a person's life. It’s often hard to recognize one road from another. What makes them different is the road to righteousness is paved with the love of humanity. The road to arrogance is paved with the love of self. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#self-righteousness #life

No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#ever #faith #gone #heart #i

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#because #bone #cruelest #feel #game

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. ↗

— Beverly Sills

#anger #angry #become #bring #brothers

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. ↗

— Socrates

#immortal #men #righteous #souls