a hypocrite QUOTES

1 " Joshua's ministry was three years of preaching, sometimes three times a day, and although there were some high and low points, I could never remember the sermons word for word, but here's the gist of almost every sermon I ever heard Joshua give.

You should be nice to people, even creeps.
And if you:
a) believed that Joshua was the Son of God (and)
b) he had come to save you from sin (and)
c) acknowledged the Holy Spirit within you (became as a little child, he would say) (and)
d) didn't blaspheme the Holy Ghost (see c)
then you would:
e) live forever
f) someplace nice
g) probably heavan
However, if you:
h) sinned (and/or)
i) were a hypocrite (and/or)
j) valued things over people (and)
k) didn't do a, b, c, and d,
then you were:
l) fucked "

― Christopher Moore , Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

2 " You must not suppose that I would like you to profess religion without possessing it. A hypocrite is in my opinion one of the most detestable of beings. my opinion is, that every one should honestly and carefully investigate the Bible; and if he can believe it to be the word of God, to follow its teachings." - Brevet Major Thomas J. Jackson (1 March 1851) "

3 " When a hypocrite or a wicked leader is in power, anyone that becomes popular or stands out easily becomes a prey. "

4 " Who am I? They often tell me I would step from my cell's confinement calmly, cheerfully, firmly, like a squire from his country-house.

Who am I? They often tell me I would talk to my warden freely and friendly and clearly, as though it were mine to command.

Who am I? They also tell me I would bear the days of misfortune equably, smilingly, proudly, like one accustomed to win.

Am I then really all that which other men tell of, or am I only what I know of myself, restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage, struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my throat, yearning for colors, for flowers, for the voices of birds, thirsting for words of kindness, for neighborliness, trembling with anger at despotisms and petty humiliation, tossing in expectation of great events, powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance, weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making, faint and ready to say farewell to it all.

Who am I? This or the other? Am I one person today, and tomorrow another? Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others, and before myself a contemptibly woebegone weakling? Or is something within me still like a beaten army, fleeing in disorder from victory already achieved?

Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine.

Whoever I am, Thou knowest, O God, I am thine! "

― Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Prison Poems

5 " You become a hypocrite when you can't freely be at peace with others, but you can carry green palm leaves to church to commemorate " palm Sunday" ! Throw those palm leaves somewhere; and lay your life down for someone to walk on and get to the destined land! "

6 " The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. "

― William Hazlitt , Selected Essays, 1778-1830

7 " ...I feel like a traitor, a phony, a fake. But I am a hypocrite with the best intentions, and I need kissing desperately. "

― Coco J. Ginger

8 " And what does it amount to?" said Satan, with his evil chuckle. " Nothing at all. You gain nothing; you always come out where you went in. For a million years the race has gone on monotonously propagating itself and monotonously reperforming this dull nonsense--to what end? No wisdom can guess! Who gets a profit out of it? Nobody but a parcel of usurping little monarchs and nobilities who despise you; would feel defiled if you touched them; would shut the door in your face if you proposed to call; whom you slave for, fight for, die for, and are not ashamed of it, but proud; whose existence is a perpetual insult to you and you are afraid to resent it; who are mendicants supported by your alms, yet assume toward you the airs of benefactor toward beggar; who address you in the language of master to slave, and are answered in the language of slave to master; who are worshiped by you with your mouth, while in your heart--if you have one--you despise yourselves for it. The first man was a hypocrite and a coward, qualities which have not yet failed in his line; it is the foundation upon which all civilizations have been built. "

9 " I am a hypocrite when it comes to being a conformist. My values and beliefs are part of my foundation of who I am. My frame work as you would say. But my life experiences are the bricks of the walls as I build my life and for that I am not a conformist I am a rebel. "

― Bonnie Zackson Koury

10 " I am a conformist within reason. I was born with strong beliefs of family tradition as well as honoring the law. I also have a strong sense of respect for the people and places around me. I was taught that our social system was put into place for the better of the people. Well as you get older you realize that is not always the case. I guess you can say I am a hypocrite when it comes to being a Conformist. Although a lot of my traditions and beliefs are part of my foundation of who I am. My frame work some would say. My life experiences are the bricks of the walls as I build my life. It is those life experiences that make me second guess the Social order that is put in to place as for the greater good of the people. That is what makes me a conformist within reason. "

11 " Terror is a powerful means of policy and one would have to be a hypocrite not to understand this. "

― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago, 1918 - 1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II

12 " Be careful that you don't become a hypocrite by spending all your time trying to get others right with God before you worship Him yourself. "

― Oswald Chambers , My Utmost for His Highest

13 " A pessimist is a liar, unless he destroys himself, and no less of a hypocrite than a priest who defiles the holy. "

― Mark Samuels , The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales

14 " We live in a hypocrite and confused world.You will get answer to the questions you don't seek. "

15 " No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. "

― Samuel Johnson

16 " I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be. "

17 " The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it. "

18 " I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite. "