Holier Than Thou Quotes

“I am not holier than you, you are not holier than me. Any one who thinks he is holier than the rest deludes himself.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“We are all sinful. Trouble is that some men consider themselves less sinful than others or holier than others.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“It is far better to be seen by others as a sinner and plead fervently to Christ for salvation than to be regarded as a pious one and miss salvation! It is far better to be seen by others as wrong and seek to do what is right, than to be regarded as right when in reality, you might be heading towards a ditch!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“In the West, we've gone from living in holier-than-thou societies to more-liberal-than-thou ones. Call it secular piety but both are just different forms of the same sanctimoniousness.”
― Stewart Stafford

“The Lord is holy beyond comparison, for His holiness is not derivative of of some other source. His holiness is intrinsic to His nature as God. It’s as essential to Him as creaturely dependence is to us. Of all the songs to sing to one another, of all the divine attributes worth praising God for, Isaiah saw the seraphim make melody around the supreme holiness of God.

(Holier Than Thou, pg. 20)”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him

“I am not hlier than you, you are not holier than me. Any one who thinks he is holier than the rest deludes himself.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“She couldn't or simply wouldn't understand why I wanted to sleep all the time, and she was always rubbing my nose in her moral high ground and telling me to 'face the music' about whatever bad habit I'd been stuck on at the time. The summer I started sleeping, Reva admonished me for 'squandering my bikini body.' 'Smoking kills.' 'You should get out more.' 'Are you getting enough protein in your diet?' Et cetera.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“As an attempt to escape their unhappiness, some people ran to something they used to look down on, or make fun of, when they were happy.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There is a mental disease called 'anorexia' in which mind makes you believe that you are fat, even though you are extremely thin. Similarly, there should be a name of the disease in which patient believes that he/she is holier-than-thou. These patients become spiritual leaders of another category of patients who believe that they are unholy sinners.”
― Shunya

“Who here can never say they have committed murder, whether in the name of the God or otherwise?”

I meet the High Saint’s eye by accident. It’s burning with holy reverence as he nods. Nothing wakes a High Saint up like reminding them that we are all sinners in the hands of the Merciful God. It’s like wine to them and they’ll drink it to the dregs.
“So it is and always is,” he intones gravely.
Sir Kodelai shoots him a quelling look and it’s hard not to laugh at how the piety of the one has ruined the performance of the other’s piety.”
― Sarah K.L. Wilson, Of Deeds Most Valiant