The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,
I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. John Adams Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. A History of Civilization Will Durant There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in financial crises. Interview with Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time broadcast September 19, 2008. Paul Krugman The term that best describes me now is secular humanist. 1999 interview in MetroActive. Charles M. Schulz I'm a born-again atheist. Gore Vidal
When we're dancing with the angels, the question will be asked: In 2019, what did we do to make
sure we kept our democracy intact? Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? Did we play games? Closing statement at public hearing of Michael Cohen before House of Representatives Oversight Committee, February 27, 2019. Elijah Cummings Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels. Benjamin Disraeli An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church. Leo Rosten They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did
run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love. The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare I do love you...as the dew loves the flowers;
as the birds love the sunshine;
as the wavelets love the breeze...
as the angels love the pure in heart. Mark Twain Could we forbear dispute and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. Edmund Waller
Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe,
Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast,
Is that portentous phrase, I told you so,
Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past. George Byron Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it Chops
because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
and read it to his aunts
That was the year Father Tracy
took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born
with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a
Valentine signed with a row of X's
and he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it
Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it Autumn
because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because of its new paint
And the kids told him
that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses
with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed
when he asked her to go see Santa Claus
And the kids told him why
his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him in bed at night
And his father got mad
when he cried for him to do it.
Once on a paper torn from his notebook
he wrote a poem
And he called it Innocence: A Question
because that was the question about his girl
And that's what it was all about
And his professor gave him an A
and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
That was the year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end
of the Apostle's Creed went
And he caught his sister
making out on the back porch
And his mother and father never kissed
or even talked
And the girl around the corner
wore too much makeup
That made him cough when he kissed her
but he kissed her anyway
because that was the thing to do
And at three a.m. he tucked himself into bed
his father snoring soundly
That's why on the back of a brown paper bag
he tried another poem
And he called it Absolutely Nothing
Because that's what it was really all about
And he gave himself an A
and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
because this time he didn't think
he could reach the kitchen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky A true prophet will never claim so. Robert J. Dainard Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much.
But the cross is not as heavy as it appears to be. Through obedience, we acquire much greater strength to carry it. James E. Faust
To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of
reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible. John Quincy Adams Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible.
Next, they say it has been discovered before. Lastly, they say they have always believed it. Louis Agassiz We could learn from the Pilgrims by understanding that the Bible is
not just a book of how to be nice to people, it is an entire blueprint for the way civilization can be structured. Todd Akin In regards to this great Book (the Bible), I have but
to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for
it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it. Abraham Lincoln
According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness. John Quincy Adams Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural
equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth. John Quincy Adams See in what peace a Christian can die. Joseph Addison A true Christian is one in whom the Holy Ghost dwells. Robert J. Dainard Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. A History of Civilization Will Durant The words socialist and communist are changing their meaning just as the word Christian did. Just as heretics were burned by thousands in the name
of the love of the neighbour, so peasants have been starved by millions in the name of the workers' and peasants' republic. The crude animal egoisms of
men and classes of men thus grab ideas and use them, not as heroic lights to action, but as blinds to hide inaction or actions that are too base. Max Eastman To be a philosophical Skeptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian. David Hume Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has; but I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit. Twelfth Night William Shakespeare No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well. Margaret Thatcher
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one
indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. John Quincy Adams
I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. Thomas Becket It's interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist
institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing the dresses. Florynce Kennedy You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment? Delaware senatorial debate on October 19, 2010. Christine O'Donnell I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular
humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in. Charles M. Schulz
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. Henry Adams When I started out, people were afraid of parish priests. Now they're afraid of newspaper editors. Michael D. Higgins We Bishops, in our proper dress, originated the mini-skirt. But we allowed Mary
Quant to steal the thunder and make three million quid out of it last year. Victor J. Pike
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. Fyodor Dostoevsky Never corner an opponent, and always assist him to save his face ... Avoid self-righteousness like the devil - there is nothing so self-blinding. B. H. Liddell Hart The devil is always blaming someone.
Bricks of blame pave the floor of hell. Brendan Kennelly If the parties will at my hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the
one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right. Thomas More In former days, men sold themselves to the devil to acquire magical powers. Nowadays they acquire those powers from science, and find
themselves compelled to become devils. There is no hope for the world unless power can be tamed, and brought into the service, not of this
or that group of fanatical tyrants, but of the whole human race ... for science has made it inevitable that all must live or all must die. Bertrand Russell They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did
run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love. The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare
Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which
lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned. Henry Adams A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for. Martin Buber To err is human; to forgive, divine. Alexander Pope
For the love of money is
the root of all evil: which while
some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through
with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:10, King James Version Holy BibleIt is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what
can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin? John Quincy Adams All punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Jeremy Bentham The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Attributed. Edmund Burke It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler (Author) Imaginary evils are incurable. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as
Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. Andrew Jackson Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of
evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail. Helen Keller As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore. Barbara Lee Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things. David Ogilvy They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did
run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love. The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty. George Bernard Shaw One evil in old age is that as your time is come you think every little illness is the
beginning of the end. When a man expects to be arrested every knock at the door is an alarm. Sydney Smith Family! ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children. August Strindberg The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. Publilius Syrus The lack of money is the root of all evil. Mark Twain Work keeps us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty. Voltaire When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. Mae West When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. Henny Youngman The three grades of character are superior, medium and inferior: the superior is just good, the medium
is capable of development either in an upward or a downward direction, and the inferior is just evil. Han Yu
For the love of money is
the root of all evil: which while
some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through
with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:10, King James Version Holy BibleI have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him. Henry Adams No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. Henry Adams No coward soul is mine, no trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere; I see heaven's glories shine, and faith shines equal, arming me from fear. Emily Brontë Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right. Henry Ford Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable. André Gide Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of
evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail. Helen Keller Being British is a faith. I will never lose it. Ian MacGregor Faith is not a conclusion from premisses, but the result of an act of the will, following on the conviction that to believe is a duty. John Henry Newman The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest. Anaïs Nin Faith is the worst curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought. Ayn Rand To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true. Bertrand Russell Our country is the land of rites and ceremonials, so that we have more faith in worshiping the feet of the priest than the Divinity whom he serves. Rabindranath Tagore Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies. Oscar Wilde Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and are not. Oscar Wilde
Honour thy father and thy
mother: that thy days may be
long upon the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 20:12, King James Version Holy BibleAnd again I say unto you, It
is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the king-
dom of God. Matthew 19:24, King James Version Holy BibleEvery man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him
give; not grudgingly, or of neces-
sity: for God loveth a cheerful
giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7, King James Version Holy Bible Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which
lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned. Henry Adams Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God. Henry Adams Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you
remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants. Henry Adams Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. John Adams Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. Louisa May Alcott To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition. Woody Allen God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good
fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. BBC Radio Quote ... Unquote Anonymous When God gave out heads,
I thought He said Beds,
and I asked for a soft one.
When God gave out looks,
I thought He said books,
and I didn't want any.
When God gave out noses,
I thought He said roses
and I asked for a red one.
When God gave out ears,
I thought He said beers,
and I asked for two big ones.
When God gave out chins,
I thought He said gins,
and I asked for a double.
When God gave out brains,
I thought He said trains
and I said I'd take the next one.
When God gave out legs,
I thought He said kegs,
so I ordered two fat ones.
Since then I'm trying to listen better. Cassell's Humorous Quotations Anonymous God first, family second, career third. Mary Kay Ash If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good? Boethius God has forgotten me. Referring to her long life at the age of 120. Jeanne Calment LIII.
What is the holiness of conversation? It is to master death. Glass, Irony, and God Anne Carson Every man is as God made him, and often even worse. Cervantes The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. Nicolas Chamfort Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies
of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it. Ilka Chase When men stop believing in God they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything. G. K. Chesterton I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is ready for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter. Winston Churchill Damn it ... Don't you dare ask God to help me. The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. Fyodor Dostoevsky Socialism is no mean religion. But it is not a religion that binds or blesses the rich and powerful, and so it could hardly
become established in a country like ours. For an established religion we needed something a little more like God... a little
vaguer and more elegant and better adapted to bind in among other motives the economic self-interest of those who rule. We
needed something that would give us the same emotional crystallization without greatly disturbing the profits on capital. Max Eastman At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. Albert Einstein The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God.
For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity. Anne Frank God heals and the doctor takes the fees. Benjamin Franklin Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. Robert Frost I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has
intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them. Galileo Galilei When you love you should not say, God is in my heart, but rather, I am in the heart of God.
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Khalil Gibran Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies? E. Y. Harburg We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have. Leonardo da Vinci My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times. Jeremy Lin The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart,
When the full river of feeling overflows. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion. Don Marquis Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. Henry Miller I die the King's good servant, but God's first. Thomas More I do not care very much what men say of me, provided that God approves of me. Thomas More God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. Plutarch Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less. Leo Rosten Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain. Friedrich Schiller Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday
each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. Menachem Mendel Schneerson What God hath joined together no man shall ever put asunder; God will take care of that. George Bernard Shaw God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones. Publilius Syrus Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of God, not by their
intrinsical goodness, but by the reluctancy and opposition which they find in their hearts. Publilius Syrus God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try. Mother Teresa Ah well, I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His work must be contemplated with respect. Mark Twain Begin, baby boy: if you haven't had a smile for your parent, then neither will a god think you worth inviting to dinner, nor a goddess to bed. Virgil My prayer to God is a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. God has granted it. Voltaire Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for
health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy. Izaak Walton Where will it all end? Half the world does not believe in God, and the other half does not believe in me. Oscar Wilde Balding is God's way of showing you are only human ... he takes the hair off your head and sticks it in your ears. Bruce Willis You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to. Humbert Wolfe The very god who, according to those who believe in him, made every last electron spin in its orbit everywhere throughout the
universe, still cannot write a clear, unmistakable volume of instructions to human beings who are supposed to follow his wisdom. Fred Woodworth
Jesus said unto him, If thou
wilt be perfect, go and sell that
thou hast, and give to the poor,
and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: and come and follow me. Matthew 19:21, King James Version Holy Bible Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if
he neglects or loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be answerable for it. John Quincy Adams Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite. William Blake Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. William Blake A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven. Boethius No coward soul is mine, no trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere; I see heaven's glories shine, and faith shines equal, arming me from fear. Emily Brontë Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe,
Bold I can meet - perhaps may turn his blow!
But of all plagues, Good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, Oh, save me from the candid friend! George Canning Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. Charles Dickens To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. Ralph Waldo Emerson The sea has its pearls,
The heavens its stars,
I love you without question,
But my heart, my heart,
My heart has its love. Heinrich Heine I like a nice cup of tea in the morning,
For to start the day, you see,
And at half-past eleven
Well, my idea of Heaven
Is a nice cup of tea:
I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner
And a nice cup of tea with me tea,
And when it's time for bed
There's a lot to be said
For a nice cup of tea. A. P. Herbert The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven,
we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. When two souls, which have sought each other for however long in the throng, have finally found each
other...there is then established for ever between them a union, fiery and pure as they themselves are, a
union which begins on earth and continues for ever in heaven...This is the love which you inspire in me. Victor Hugo Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. David Hume There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as
Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. Andrew Jackson My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. Mark Knopfler Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in hell:
Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. Paradise Lost John Milton The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. John Milton It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle
directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone. Vera Nazarian Pennies don't fall from heaven. They have to be earned on earth. Margaret Thatcher Divorces are made in heaven. Oscar Wilde
I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody
assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure as hell wasn't anything going on on the outside! Douglas Adams Once I get into hell, I'll start organizing the have-nots over there. Saul Alinsky Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite. William Blake Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. William Blake Our wrangling lawyers ... are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes hereafter, some of them in hell. Robert Burton To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. Ralph Waldo Emerson I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more. Katherine Hepburn Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. David Hume The devil is always blaming someone.
Bricks of blame pave the floor of hell. Brendan Kennelly Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in hell:
Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. Paradise Lost John Milton The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. John Milton A diplomat ... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. Caskie Stinnett Family! ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children. August Strindberg If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be
profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there? Robert Townsend
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that
its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish. David Hume One day - it's like a miracle - it will disappear. Referring to the coronavirus in remarks at an African American History Month reception at the White House, February 27, 2020. Donald Trump
Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses. Song for Dov Shamir Dannie Abse He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a
contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. Douglas Adams When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and
pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. Aupumut Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Phillips Brooks Sing in the tones of prayer,
Sing till the soaring soul
Shall float above the world's control
In Freedom everywhere!
Sing for the good that is to be,
Sing for the eyes that are to see
The land where man at last is free,
O sing for Liberty! James Riley My prayer to God is a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. God has granted it. Voltaire
Preach! Write! Act! Do any thing, save to lie down and die! Nathaniel Hawthorne I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife. Theodore Roosevelt
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. Douglas Adams Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural
equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth. John Quincy Adams Is not the brand of double-dealer stamped on the forehead of every democratic slaveholder? Are not fraud
and hypocrisy the religion of the man who calls himself a democrat, and hold his fellow-man in bondage? John Quincy Adams Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of
phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. Scott Adams That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist
Bhikshus the supremacy they had acquired is evidenced by the adoption of vegetarianism by Brahmins. B. R. Ambedkar Nothing could be more calamitous than for patriotism to become the established religion of this country. The Religion of Patriotism Max Eastman The sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow. Miss C. F. Forbes
Honour thy father and thy
mother: that thy days may be
long upon the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 20:12, King James Version Holy Bible THE PROVERBS of
Solomon. A wise son
maketh a glad father: but a
foolish son is the heaviness of
his mother. Proverbs 10:1, King James Version Holy Bible A man that hath friends must
shew himself friendly: and there
is a friend that sticketh closer
than a brother. Proverbs 18:24, King James Version Holy Bible But when thou doest alms, let
not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth: Matthew 6:3, King James Version Holy Bible Wherefore they are no more
twain, but one flesh. What there-
fore God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:6, King James Version Holy Bible For I was an hungred,
and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took
me in. Naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye
came to me. Matthew 25:35-36, King James Version Holy Bible I have shewed you all things,
how that so labouring ye ought to
support the weak, and to remem-
ber the words of the Lord Jesus,
how he said, It is more blessed to
give than to receive. Acts 20:35, King James Version Holy Bible Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him
give; not grudgingly, or of neces-
sity: for God loveth a cheerful
giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7, King James Version Holy BibleFor the love of money is
the root of all evil: which while
some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through
with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:10, King James Version Holy BibleThere is no fear in love; but
perfect love casteth out fear: be-
cause fear hath torment. He that
feareth is not made perfect in
love. 1 John 4:18, King James Version Holy Bible Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams When men stop believing in God they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything. G. K. Chesterton Marriage has got historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of
time, and I think a marriage is as a marriage always has been, between a man and a woman. Hillary Clinton Socialism is no mean religion. But it is not a religion that binds or blesses the rich and powerful, and so it could hardly
become established in a country like ours. For an established religion we needed something a little more like God... a little
vaguer and more elegant and better adapted to bind in among other motives the economic self-interest of those who rule. We
needed something that would give us the same emotional crystallization without greatly disturbing the profits on capital. Max Eastman We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. E. M. Forster The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in
the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now. Thich Nhat Hanh Music is my religion. Jimi Hendrix If your religion does not change you, then you should change your religion. Elbert Hubbard At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers
of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols. Aldous Huxley Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labour and not to ask for any reward
Save that of knowing that we do Thy will. Ignatius Among all my patients in the second half of life ... there has not been one whose
problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life. Carl Jung Love is my religion - I could die for it. John Keats If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. Florynce Kennedy This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated
philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart,
When the full river of feeling overflows. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman. Barack Obama When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. Anaïs Nin Forget wars, religions, famines and poems for the moment. This is history's greatest theme: the metastasis
of exchange, specialization and the invention it has called forth, the 'creation' of time. Matt Ridley The religion of economics is where we should above all try to bring about this union of ours ... If this field
ceases to be one of warfare, if there we can prove, that not competition but cooperation is the real truth, then
indeed we can reclaim from the hands of the Evil One an immense territory for the reign of peace and goodwill. Rabindranath Tagore He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. Ali ibn Abi Talib We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world. It may be the fire
destruction prophesied in the Euphrates Valley Era, after Noah and his fabulous Ark. Diary Harry S. Truman
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. Dalai Lama Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. Dalai Lama If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. Dalai Lama If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. Dalai Lama If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. Dalai Lama It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If
we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them. Dalai Lama It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this,
happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Dalai Lama Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers
and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance. Dalai Lama My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. Dalai Lama Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day
arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. Dalai Lama Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. Dalai Lama Sleep is the best meditation. Dalai Lama Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. Dalai Lama The purpose of our lives is to be happy. Dalai Lama The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. Dalai Lama The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. Dalai Lama There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated
philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility,
not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. Dalai Lama We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. Dalai Lama We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. Dalai Lama Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. Dalai Lama Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth
or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. Dalai Lama With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. Dalai Lama
Scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the
great concentration of greenhouse gases released mainly as a result of human activity. Laudato Sí encyclical letter, June 18, 2015. Francis I We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of
contraceptive methods. It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time. Interview published September 19, 2013. Francis I Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one. John XXIII Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. John XXIII Amen. John Paul II In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long. Paul VI
Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labour and not to ask for any reward
Save that of knowing that we do Thy will. Ignatius The only difference between a saint and a sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much
greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. Mother Teresa Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Mother Teresa Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa Each one of them is Jesus in disguise. Mother Teresa Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own. Mother Teresa Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try. Mother Teresa Good works are links that form a chain of love. Mother Teresa I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. Mother Teresa I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. Mother Teresa I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. Mother Teresa I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. Mother Teresa I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't
touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. Mother Teresa I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? Mother Teresa If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. Mother Teresa If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Mother Teresa If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love. Mother Teresa Intense love does not measure, it just gives. Mother Teresa It is a kingly act to assist the fallen. Mother Teresa It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. Mother Teresa It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy. Mother Teresa It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters. Mother Teresa Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you. Mother Teresa Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world. Mother Teresa Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. Mother Teresa Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Mother Teresa Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of
peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given. Mother Teresa Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got,
but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. Mother Teresa Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the
graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. Mother Teresa Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. Mother Teresa Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. Mother Teresa Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. Mother Teresa Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home. Mother Teresa Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Mother Teresa Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. Mother Teresa One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. Mother Teresa Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see
how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them. Mother Teresa Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Mother Teresa Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities.
Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. Mother Teresa The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted. Mother Teresa The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child,
what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. Mother Teresa The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Mother Teresa The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. Mother Teresa The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. Mother Teresa The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the
best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. Mother Teresa There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those. Mother Teresa There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love
and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. Mother Teresa There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. Mother Teresa There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I
only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use. Mother Teresa We are all pencils in the hand of God. Mother Teresa We can do no great things, only small things with great love. Mother Teresa We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers,
grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. Mother Teresa We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved
and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. Mother Teresa We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have
done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. Mother Teresa Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness. Mother Teresa Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. Mother Teresa
Nothing defines human beings better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. Scott Adams I am no good at love
I betray it with little sins
For I feel the misery of the end
In the moment that it begins
And the bitterness of the last goodbye
Is the bitterness that wins. Noël Coward Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge
without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. Mahatma Gandhi Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. C. S. Lewis It is public scandal that gives offence, and it is no sin to sin in secret. Molière There are only two kinds of men: those righteous who believe themselves sinners; the other sinners who believe themselves righteous. Blaise Pascal To err is human; to forgive, divine. Alexander Pope The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own-even more, one's
own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being. Katherine Anne Porter An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth. Mark Twain Work keeps us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty. Voltaire The only difference between a saint and a sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde
For what shall it profit a man,
if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36, King James Version Holy Bible Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses. Song for Dov Shamir Dannie Abse Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. John Adams Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the
soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought. John Quincy Adams Love is the beauty of the soul. Augustine Love is like some fresh spring, first a stream and then a river, changing its aspect and its nature as it flows to plunge itself in
some boundless ocean, where restricted natures only find monotony, but where great souls are engulfed in endless contemplation. Honoré de Balzac A human soul, that God has created and Christ died for, is not to be trifled with. It may
tenant the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab or a Hottentot - it is still an immortal spirit. P. T. Barnum No coward soul is mine, no trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere; I see heaven's glories shine, and faith shines equal, arming me from fear. Emily Brontë Money is dead men's bones and dead men's souls. The money that men make lives after them. Samuel Butler (Author) Without work, all life goes rotten, but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies. Albert Camus Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. G. K. Chesterton I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets ... If it had not
been for the men and women who, in the past, have had the moral courage to go to jail, we would still be in the jungles. Eugene V. Debs A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and
philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson Character is higher than intellect ... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Ralph Waldo Emerson Until one has loved a dog, a part of one's soul remains unawaken. Anatole France Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone
can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid
person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did
something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you
out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like maybe we should be just friends turns into a glass splinter working its way into
your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love. The Kindly Ones Neil Gaiman You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which
you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. Khalil Gibran Dance is the hidden language of the soul. Martha Graham When two souls, which have sought each other for however long in the throng, have finally found each
other...there is then established for ever between them a union, fiery and pure as they themselves are, a
union which begins on earth and continues for ever in heaven...This is the love which you inspire in me. Victor Hugo But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light
and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy. Plutarch Sing in the tones of prayer,
Sing till the soaring soul
Shall float above the world's control
In Freedom everywhere!
Sing for the good that is to be,
Sing for the eyes that are to see
The land where man at last is free,
O sing for Liberty! James Riley A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own even if she never wants
to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her
dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a youth she's content to leave behind....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black
lace bra...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who
lets her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone
else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a
recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a feeling of control over her destiny...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
HOW TO QUIT A JOB,
BREAK UP WITH A LOVER,
AND CONFRONT A FRIEND WITHOUT RUINING THE FRIENDSHIP...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't
take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table...
or a charming inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year... Pamela Redmond Satran I count myself in nothing else so happy
As in a soul remembering my good friends. Richard II William Shakespeare Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. Logan Pearsall Smith Confidence, like the soul, never returns, whence it has departed. Publilius Syrus Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. Publilius Syrus And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that
fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear. Edmund Waller Any one who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the
people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums, Paul learned, who find prison so soul-destroying. Evelyn Waugh When you are old and gray and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read ...
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face. William Butler Yeats
Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses. Song for Dov Shamir Dannie Abse Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the
man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. Albert Einstein The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in
the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now. Thich Nhat Hanh It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory. George Marshall Our fight is a spiritual fight, it is for Man. Rabindranath Tagore Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a
butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably
myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a
man. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction. The transition is called the transformation of material things. Zhuangzi
Definition of a philosopher: a philosopher is a blind man in a dark cellar at midnight looking for a black
cat that isn't there. He is distinguished from a theologian, in that the theologian finds the cat. He is also
distinguished from a lawyer, who smuggles in a cat in his overcoat pocket, and emerges to produce it in triumph. Cornell Law Quarterly Anonymous
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