Arise Quote by Pierre Corneille

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.

— J. C. Ryle

I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times…

— Teresa of Avila

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these followers of…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To be good Christians you have to contemplate the suffering humanity of Jesus. "How can we bear witness? Contemplate Jesus. How can we forgive?…

— Pope Francis

“The Christian religion alone has been able to cure these twin vices, not by using one to expel the other according to worldly wisdom,…

— Blaise Pascal

Now, I appeal to the consciences of those that persecute, torment, destroy, and kill other men upon pretence of religion, whether they do it…

— John Locke

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins caused by the lack of it.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. That I feed…

— C.G. Jung

Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they…

— Johannes Tauler

When we live habitually with the wicked, we become necessarily either their victim or their disciple; when we associate, on the contrary, with virtuous…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Are we proud and passionate, malicious and revengeful? Is this to be like-minded with Christ, who was meek and lowly?

— John Tillotson