“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN: Self-justification is worse than the original offence.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification. — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
There is as much vanity in self-scourgings as in self-justification. — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
When your sin is exposed, you will run toward confession and forgiveness or self-righteousness and self-justification. — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
“Her anger said, as anger is apt to say, that God was with her— that all heaven, though it were crowded with… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“What man ain't the honestest cove in his own eyes?" Grote's round face is a bronze moon in the dark. "'Tain't good… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful. — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees… — Elliot Aronson Copy Share Image
Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“The Law dispels all self-illusions. It puts the fear of God in a man. Without this fear there can be no thirst… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Does any one suppose that private prayer is necessarily candid—necessarily goes to the roots of action? Private prayer is inaudible speech, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“She had to defend him in order to defend herself. That was why people were so prickly about their partners, even their… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
“I have been thinking about the idea of excuses for some time now. They are like menacing demons that creep into our… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
Possessed, as are all the fair daughters of Eve, of an hereditary propensity, transmitted to them undiminished through succeeding generations, to be… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Do not make passion an argument for truth! - O you good-natured and even noble enthusiasts, I know you! You want to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I enjoyed coming and going without telling or explaining, being free. I enjoyed listening without talking. I enjoyed being wherever I was… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer examined and dismissed a number of approaches to dealing with evil. "Reasonable people," he said, think that "with a little reason,… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Children learn to justify their aggressive actions early: They hit a younger sibling, who starts to cry, and immediately claim, "But he… — Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson Copy Share Image
“In any case, though, I believe that I have no been fair to you and that, as a result, I must have… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If the partner becomes God he can just as easily become the Devil; the reason is not far to seek. For one… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when doctrinal truth is elevated to the position of a false god. This occurs when people… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
Macbeth's self-justifications were feeble - and his conscience devoured him. Yes, even Iago was a little lamb too. The imagination and the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“The act of gaining true insights from self - reflection is a futile action for most ... as there are easy way… — Anubhav Mishra Copy Share Image
Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
![“If the partner becomes God he can just as easily become the Devil; the reason is not far to seek. For one thing, one becomes bound to the object in dependency. One needs it for self-justification. . . . [O]ne's self-development is restricted by the object, absorbed by it. It is too narrow a…” quote by Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bca/ernest-becker-7036_lose-yourself_if-the-partner-becomes-god-he-can-just-a_336762.jpg)
