religion

"It is said that their souls are inferior. Yes, but in the end, like us, they feel pain and joy. Their inferiority determines for us the duty of the elder brother, not the right of tyranny and oppressi…"

"Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul."

"He had almost yielded, but not quite. He had not consented. It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul."

"By what sort of experience are we led to the conviction that spirit exists ? On the whole, by searching, painful experience. The rose Religion grows on a thorn-bush, and we must not be afraid to have …"

"A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it effects his pocketbook; if he gives liberally to religion and benevolence, and gives willingly, his religion means something. But if he is mean, close-…"

"Christianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy."

"I'm not gonna rule out anything, but we're not gonna have a registry based on a religion."

"If God is everything and everywhere, then what purpose does the word serve? If it explains everything, then it explains nothing. But if it describes something important, then it should be observable b…"

"And there you In a new embrace, with a new torrent of eternal love: all the elect, angels and men, from the last to the first are embraced It is a living and fruitful unity, which is the source and th…"

"Disease was produced by devils and could be cured only by priests, decaying bones, and holy water. Doctors were the rivals of priests. They diverted the revenues. The church opposed the study of anato…"

"Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt you. God’s going to have his revenge."

"Work but use your head as well as your hands, trust in God and He will never let you down."

"It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his soul is away and might not have time to get back; so if the man wakened without his soul, he would fall sick. If it is abs…"

"The nourishment of our souls comes from the smiles of others."

"We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient."

"The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt."

"The collective name for the ripe fruits of religion in a character is Saintliness. The saintly character is the character for which spiritual emotions are the habitual centre of the personal energy; a…"

"Life, if we would mark it, is made up of thousands of suggestions from some unseen quarter, prompting us to duty; starting some thought of what is wise and right and just and good; inclining us to tho…"

"The only thing of weight that can be said against modern Honour is, that it is directly opposite to Religion. The one bids you bear Injuries with Patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them…"

"Pascal touched God behind the veil of scepticism."