Justifying Quotes

76 quotes by 59 authors

There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody elseÂ¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia.… — Henri Frederic Amiel
In preparing the present volume, it has been the aim of the author to do full justice to the ample material at his command, and,… — Othniel Charles Marsh
Think about where you're going and never mind where you've been. Don't spend any more time justifying any of that stuff. — Esther Hicks
As Muslims it is our duty to condemn the killings and our duty to ensure that those on the fringe do not shame our community… — Iqbal Sacranie
In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice. — C.S. Lewis
There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business… — Wendell Berry
Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods — Margaret Chase Smith
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if… — Edward Abbey
No other work has more often been blamed for more heinous crimes by the perpetrators of such crimes. The Bible has been named as the… — Nadine Strossen
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . . In the Middle… — Joseph Campbell
Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel. — William Gurnall
The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying… — Orhan Pamuk
Most (Christians) have an ungrounded trust in Christ, hoping that He will pardon, justify and save them, while the world has their hearts, and they… — Richard Baxter
In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights, as anti-Islamic and… — Azar Nafisi
Besides justifying the transfer of wealth to kleptocrats, institutionalized religion brings two other important benefits to centralized societies. First, shared ideology or religion helps solve… — Jared Diamond
It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends. — Joseph O'Connor
Most likely, logic is capable of justifying mathematics to no greater extent than biology is capable of justifying life. — IU?. I. Manin
Even alone we go on justifying ourselves. — Mason Cooley
Christ came to give us a justifying righteousness, and He also came to make us holy â€” not chiefly for the purpose of evidencing here… — Thomas Chalmers
Nothing seems real anymore. Even the flames from the fire seem to beckon to me, drawing me into some great past life buried somewhere deep… — Ian Curtis

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