Condescension Quotes

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...when we condescend, when we act consistently with a sense

...when we condescend, when we act consistently with a sense of the character of people in general which demeans them, we impoverish them AND ourselves, and preclude our having a part in the creation of the highest wealth, the testimony to the mysterious beauty of life we all value in psalms and tragedies and epics and meditations, in short stories and novels.

Marilynne Robinson

Beauty Condescension

Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. I

Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love.

Condemnation Holy Condescension Considerate Inconsiderate Adopted Conditional Love Constitute Egocentricity Egocentrism Opposite

People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're v

People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm not stupid.

Wisdom Life Age Condescension

You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get t

You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.

Best Pride Humility Purity Arrogance Humble Idiom Pure Self Control Clever Self Importance Pompous Condescension Self Righteous