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One can only blaspheme if one believes.
W. H. Auden1907–1973Forewords and Afterwords (1973), “Concerning the Unpredictable”
- Faith
All sin tends to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is what is called damnation.
W. H. Auden1907–1973A Certain World: A Commonplace Book (1970), “Hell”
- Morality
Differences of credal belief are to the Indian mind nothing more than various ways of seeing the one Self and Godhead in all.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950Indian Spirituality and Life (1919)
The supreme truths are neither the rigid conclusions of logical reasoning nor the affirmations of credal statement, but fruits of the soul’s inner experience.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950Indian Spirituality and Life (1919)
- Truth & Lies
Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950The Renaissance in India (1920)
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
Teresa of Ávila1515–1582Maxims for Her Nuns (1963), Maxim 25, p. 257
- Christianity
I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself. Satan can do me no harm whatever, but they can trouble me very much, particularly if they be confessors.
Teresa of Ávila1515–1582The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus (c.1565), Ch. XXV. “Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject” ¶ 26 & 27
- Fear
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin1814–1876Man, Society, and Freedom (1871)
- Anti-God
- Anti-Religion
Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.
James Baldwin1924–1987“Letter from a Region of My Mind”
- Anti-Religion
- Christianity
Faith is the eye that sees nothing and rejoices in it.
Iain Banks1954–2013Feersum Endjinn (1994), Chapter 9, Section 2 (p. 265)
- Anti-Religion
- Faith
One’s religion is whatever he is most interested in, and yours is Success.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937The Twelve-Pound Look (1910)
- Success
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887
- Love
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit (1887)
- Christianity
The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Life Thoughts (1858), p. 22
There is no such thing as preaching patience into people, unless the sermon is so long that they have to practise it while they hear.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Life Thoughts (1858), p. 61
- Comedy