Legalistic Quotes

23 Legalistic quotes by 20 unique authors

The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our affinity with all… — Unknown Author
People will then often say, 'But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?' This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness… — Douglas Adams
You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here's how - guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where… — Charles R. Swindoll
Human rights without responsibility, without a sense of decency, a sense of compassion, is not good enough for a society to flourish... We need to… — Unknown Author
A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life. — R. Kent Hughes
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart." — Timothy Keller
The corporate state is an immensely powerful machine, ordered, legalistic, rational, yet utterly out of human control, wholly and perfectly indifferent to any human values. — Charles A. Reich
The statesman must think in terms of the national interest, conceived as power among other powers. The popular mind, unaware of the fine distinctions of… — Hans Morgenthau
We insist that God must surely lead everyone as we believe He has led us. We refuse to allow God the freedom to deal with… — Jerry Bridges
The Christian stands, not under the dictatorship of a legalistic 'you ought,' but in the magnetic field of Christian Freedom, under the empowering of the… — Helmut Thielicke
That because of this interplay of conscious and unconscious factors in guilt and the impossibility of legalistic blame, we are forced into an attitude of… — Rollo May
Repentance is being sorry enough to quit your sin. You will never know the forgiving mercy of God while you are still wedded to your… — Albert Martin
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America… — Harry Browne
These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief. — Criss Jami
The conscious attempt to be a good person without Christ is as legalistic as an attempt to make it into Heaven through empty religiosity. — Criss Jami
In the end, only God can see the heart of an individual and distinguish the difference between legalistic deadweight and the passion of holy solemnity. — Criss Jami
Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they… — Joyce Meyer
Rome is burning, Jesus says. Drop your fiddle, change your life and come to Me. Let go of the good days that never were -… — Brennan Manning
The command is to love him, not just to think about him, or do things for him. We are not to stop with a proper… — Francis Schaeffer
A lot of the Koran does not speak very eloquently to a Westerner. Much of it is either legalistic or opaquely poetic. — John Updike
What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia to… — William Safire
Purity is not a set of boundaries and rules that you must follow, not a legalistic word that binds us up, making us afraid to… — Rachel Hamilton
Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic… — Truman Capote

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