5 quotes
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.
The True Believer (1951)
The indulgence of self-forgiving is far less vicious than the blindness of self-righteousness which is not aware of aught in the self that needs forgiving.
You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others — that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.
Working and Thinking on the Waterfront (1969)
Whenever we proclaim the uniqueness of a religion, a truth, a leader, a nation, a race, a part or a holy cause, we are also proclaiming our own uniqueness.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)