#righteous

You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#best #clever #condescension #humble #humility

Wisdom may begin in wonder, however, it inevitability ends in righteousness (Socrates)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#righteousness #socrates #wisdom #wonders #r-alan-woods

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

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

I don't know if I'm so righteous. ↗

— Jessica Brown Findlay

#know #righteous

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#any #compassion #did #lincoln #man

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee. ↗

— Christopher Love

#condemn #dost #eternal #glorious #hast

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say. ↗

— Bette Midler

#celebrate #enough #everyone #good #holidays

'Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America. ↗

— Frank Miller

#clowns #false #fed #harm #mob

My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning. ↗

— James Otis

#dear #eternity #flash #god #god almighty