Religion

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy

Analytic philosophy

1872–1970

"As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles."

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Philosophy

Idealism

1770–1831

"It strikes everyone in beginning to form an acquaintance with the treasures of Indian literature, that a land so rich in intellectual products and those of the profoundest order of thought...""

"Abu Hurayra reported that a man said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Advise me." He said, "Do not get angry." He repeated his request several times and the Prophet said, "Do not get angry."

🇮🇹Thomas Aquinas

Religion

scholasticism

1225–1274

"One who liberates his country by killing a tyrant is to be praised and rewarded."

Swami Vivekananda

Religion

1863–1902

"First get rid of the delusion “I am the body,” then only will we want real knowledge."

Maimonides

Religion

1135–1204

"A scholar ... should turn his ears from the talk of the illiterate and not take it to heart."

Martin Luther

Religion

Protestantism

1906–1985

"Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew."

P. G. Wodehouse

Religion

1881–1975

"I started back to the house, and in the drive I met Jeeves. He was at the wheel of Stiffy's car. Beside him, looking like a Scotch elder rebuking sin, was the dog Bartholomew."

🇮🇹Pope Benedict XVI

Religion

1927–2022

"Unlimited trust should only be placed in the real Word of the Revelation that we encounter in the faith transmitted by the Church."

🇨🇱Alejandro Jodorowsky

Religion

Surrealism

b. 1929

"That is the marvel of true art, that no one has yet found a way to commercialize it."

Gregory of Nyssa

Religion

Lutheranism

"My hope is that by the right process of inquiry and discernment, once the text has been cleansed of its obvious literal sense by undefiled thoughts, the philosophy hidden in the words may be brought to light."

🇺🇸Fulton J. Sheen

Religion

1895–1979

"Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything."

"The sinners … did not even have the consolation of feeling they were in God’s good books. The educated people told them that they were displeasing to God and “they ought to know."

14th Dalai Lama

Religion

Buddhism

b. 1935

"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."

Henri Nouwen

Religion

1932–1996

"Henri Nouwen on Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son"

"I'm afraid I do believe that all earthly love can die - since man is mortal, why not also his most human feature? - and for me pretensions such as love that dies was never love, etc. belong to schoolgirls' albums."

🇮🇳Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (A.S.)

Religion

601–661

"A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind."

Osama bin Laden

Religion

antisemitism

1957–2011

"The pieces of the bodies of infidels were flying like dust particles. If you would have seen it with your own eyes, you would have been very pleased, and your heart would have been filled with joy."

🇩🇪Ivan Illich

Religion

degrowth

1926–2002

"The search for truth presupposes the growth of philia. This philia must find an atmosphere in which it can grow, and this atmosphere cannot be taken for granted as an out-growth of civic virtue."

Abdul Qadir Gilani

Religion

Qadiriyya

1078–1166

"Do not will anything which is not the will of Allah."

🇺🇸John Calvin

Religion

Calvinism

"The supreme and only Judge of the universe stands before the tribunal of an earthly judge."

🇬🇧Saint Patrick

Religion

385–461

"The History of Saint Patrick" at IrishAbroad"

"Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Volume 3: Tatian, Theophilus, And The Clementine Recognitions"

🇵🇰Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad

Religion

b. 1950

"Rather than being a restriction, is actually a supreme right."

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Religion

1815–1881

"We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff."

🇯🇵Ryōkan

Religion

1758–1831

"Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth. Truth and falsehood are two sides of the same coin. Neither accept one nor reject the other."

"any of us sound like we’ve staked everything not only on constitutional freedoms but also on social respect, acceptance, and even power. But that comes at the cost of confusing the gospel with Christian nationalism."

Sufyan al-Thawri

Religion

716–778

"There is a punishment for all things. The punishments for the gnostic is to be cut off from His remembrance."

🇺🇸Neal A. Maxwell

Religion

1926–2004

"The good life is the best preparation for bad times."

🇺🇸Brigitte Gabriel

Religion

b. 1964

"In Islam, there is no difference between the state and the religion. The religion is the state, the state is the religion."

🇯🇵Nakayama Miki

Religion

1949–2002

"There is no need for a shrine. Start building something small. It is to be one square tsubo. This structure of one square tsubo is not for human habitation. Additions can be made depending on your minds."

🇺🇸Martin Gardner

Literature

1914–2010

"Mathematical magic combines the beauty of mathematical structure with the entertainment value of a trick."

🇺🇸Madeleine Stowe

Religion

b. 1958

"You are so funny to ask me about "The Look". I've been asked many times, and I really am not sure what anyone means."