Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Hypocrite Quotations

Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquility of soul. Hence it may be observed that those who set up piety as an end and object are mostly hypocrites.

Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.

Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites.