Quotes about Comparison

Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other.

Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?

Christianity is being compared with other religions as never before. Some so-called Christian leaders even advocate the working out of a system of morals, ethics, and religion that would bring together all the religions of the world. It cannot be done. Jesus Christ is unique.

The lives of many reflect the practices and standards of this present world . . . they are more interested in imitating the world system dominated by Satan than in imitating Christ.

Though we have less to worry about than previous generations, we have more worry. Though we have it easier than our forefathers, we have more uneasiness. Though we have less real cause for anxiety than our predecessors, we are inwardly more anxious.

We cannot be satisfied with our goodness after beholding the holiness of God.

Pride consists not in wanting to be rich, but in wanting to be richer than your neighbor. It is not in wanting to be noticed but in wanting to be the most noticed. It is not in wanting to have things but in wanting more things than others.

Pride flees when we compare ourselves to God instead of [to] other people.

Success or failure cannot be measured by any human standard.

Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.

Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person who was at peace.

Some people seem to put the devil on a par with God. Actually, Satan is a fallen angel.