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men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. — pascal

it is not who you actually are, but who people think you are, that matters. — joseph kennedy

everything they [pharisees] do is done for men to see. — Jesus Christ

there is no way to disarm any man except through guilt. if there is not enough guilt, we must create it. but save us from the man of clear conscience. — ayn rand

when a person’s sense of self-worth is blunted, he will deflect toward power to find fulfillment. that person will look to power over people to lift his own self worth. — viktor frankl

toxic faith is a destructive and dangerous relationship with a religion that allows the religion, not the relationship with God, to control a person’s life. — stephen arterburn and jack felton, “toxic faith”

submitting to a cause, just like taking drugs or alcohol, is an escape from growing up and establishing a personal identity. — ken blue, “healing spiritual abuse”

the rulers of the gentiles lord it over them. — Jesus Christ

the will to power exists within every person, but in the [true] christian it is converted into the will to serve. — donald bloesch

whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant. — Jesus Christ