Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.These things and deeds are diametrically opposed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue. Men too often confound them: they should not be confounded: appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify a few, should not be substituted for the world-redeeming creed of Christ. There is — I repeat it — a difference; and it is a good, and not a bad action to mark broadly and clearly the line of separation between them.Unknown
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I will not allow myself to be made a prisoner of my own beliefs and opinions. We all have our own set of morals and we should not be judged by those who think differently than we do. You cannot change someone else’s beliefs. The only thing you can do is to make your own mind up and move on to the next person.
If you still think that someone else’s beliefs are wrong, then show the world how wrong you think they are. Jesus was an example of someone who did this, and his teachings can help guide us in the right direction.
Source: Jane Eyre
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