The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy Chapter 12 Page 6

Enjoy the Exclusive Privileges of their Position by Force and Fraud, and Still Pretend to be Christians to One Another and be Easy in their Minds — This Hypocrisy Allows Men who Preach Christianity to Take Part in Institutions Based on Violence — No External Reformation of Life will Render it Less Miserable — Its Misery the Result of Disunion Caused by Following Lies, not the Truth — Union only Possible in Truth — Hypocrisy Hinders this Union, since Hypocrites Conceal from themselves and Others the Truth they Know — Hypocrisy Turns all Reforms of Life to Evil — Hypocrisy Distorts the Idea of Good and Evil, and so Stands in the Way of the Progress of Men toward Perfection — Undisguised Criminals and Malefactors do Less Harm than those who Live by Legalized Violence, Disguised by Hypocrisy — All Men Feel