Quotes about Hypocrisy
The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance.
— John Adams
If religion does not make us better people, it will make us very much worse. And of all the bad men who have lived, the religious "bad man" is the worst of all.
— CS Lewis
Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste.
— George Bernard Shaw
... what such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance.
— Charles Dickens
Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it.
— Joseph Addison
The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty.
— Thomas Paine
If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.
— Jonathan Edwards
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
— William Hazlitt
The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
— Henry Cloud
Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, "Take my life and let it be" when you haven't given Him one ounce?
— Leonard Ravenhill
I reject any pretence at kindness you have the hypocrisy to offer.
— Emily Bronte
Why is it that so many Christians make such lousy human beings?
— Peter Scazzero