Publican And Pharisee Quotes & Sayings

As far as I am concerned, collectively, the right wing of the blogosphere is the 'boy who called traitor.' Not a week goes by when I hear that so and so should be ostracized because they are a treasonous rat, they are a commie symp, whatever. — John Cole

God, I thank thee, I am not as the rest of men, or even as this publican. It is in that which is just cause for thanksgiving, it is in the very thanksgiving which we render to God, it may be in the very confession that God has done it all, that self finds its cause of complacency. Yes, even when in the temple the language of penitence and trust in God's mercy alone is heard, the Pharisee may take up the note of praise, and in thanking God be congratulating himself. — Andrew Murray

See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands,
And justifies himself with lifted hands.
Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes,
Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries. — John Bunyan

But time does not disclose its secrets to humankind, and the possible turned impossible. — Radwa Ashour

I am going to seek a great perhaps; draw a curtain, the farce is played out. — Francois Rabelais

I was terrible at school. — Kristin Scott Thomas

The fear and the search for security have turned the world into a horrific hell. — Samael Aun Weor

Let there be bass. — Leo Fender

Hope for the best is what we do, right from the moment we're born. — Michael Moore