Self‑righteousness can feel like a family disease, making us think we are above others. Some warn that true righteousness needs humility and charity, not just doctrine. Others note that time preserves the truly righteous while fleeting trends fade. These ideas stress humility over pride.
![“[W]hen the martyr's righteous forebrain is exploded by the executioner's bullet and his mind disintegrates, what then? Can we safely assume that all those millions of neural circuits will be reconstituted in an immaterial state, so the conscious mind carries on?” quote by E. O. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/af7/e-o-wilson-1348_assuming_w-hen-the-martyr-s-righteous-forebrain-i_1069533.png)
