self awareness on Hypocrisy

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

There is not any thing, relating to men and characters, more surprising and unaccountable, than this partiality to themselves. . . . Hence it is that many men seem perfect strangers to their own chara...

Charles Babbage (1792-1871) was a British mathematician and inventor known for his enjoyment of talking. At one particular dinner, Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish polymath was going on and on about the v...

When we observe evil, sinful behavior from a distance, the inclination is simply to see people as acting with malicious intent. We assume they are “bad people.” But often the motivations that lead to ...

Recently at church I asked our congregation, “How many of you battle with self-deception?” A few people in the crowd raised their hands. Then I asked, “How many of you know someone who is very self-de...

We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.

Know Thyself-but don’t tell anyone.

If I am in denial about my own weaknesses and sin, there will be a concomitant blindness to the greatness and glory of God.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.

Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? The Books of the Psalms and David The Book of Psalms is divided into five books, like the five books of the Torah. While it is not obvi...

Self-judgment may be the greatest barrier to self-understanding.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

People can say one thing and do something totally different. You see the darkness that is often hidden from polite society. The thing that you see is a widespread insecurity. I think people put on a f...

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

To believe that you have already reached perfect sanctification, R. C. Sproul says you must do one of two things: 1. “reduce the demands of God’s law to such a low level that they can obey them” or 2....

Dear Everybody, We have a serious problem: All of us think we’re good people. But Jesus says we’re not. Sincerely, Brant P. Hansen …PS. IF YOU THINK I’M WRONG—about how we think we’re good people...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

He is a bold surgeon, they say, whose hand does not tremble when he performs an operation upon his own person; and he is often equally bold who does not hesitate to pull off the mysterious veil of sel...

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

In his poem Cocktail Party , T. S. Eliot captures a fundamental truth about human nature and the source of much hurt in the world. People’s actions are rarely driven by outright malice—intended t...

To know oneself, is above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against the Truth, and not the other way around.

These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Seco...

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone.

The road to character often involves moments of moral crisis, confrontation, and recovery. When they were in a crucible moment, they suddenly had a greater ability to see their own nature. The everyda...

Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.

'He hath ever but slenderly known himself."

We think our problem is with God, but remember, God is perfect. Our problem is really with ourselves.

God, always the same, let me know myself, let me know Thee!

Peter's and Isaiah's Confessions Jesus calling the disciples from their fishing appears in Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20, and Luke 5:1-11. Yet only Luke makes the beautiful connection between...

We are not always comfortable with the true self that lies deep within us.