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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech at Plymouth, Massachusetts (22 December 1820)
- Christianity
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
Simone Weil1909–1943Gravity and Grace (1947), p. 159 (1972 edition)
- Politics
Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism is a purification.
Simone Weil1909–1943“Faiths of Meditation; Contemplation of the divine” as translated in The Simone Weil Reader (1957) edited by George A. Panichas, p. 417
- Atheism
- Faith
Among those in whom the supernatural part of themselves has not been awakened, the atheists are right and the believers wrong.
Simone Weil1909–1943“Faiths of Meditation; Contemplation of the divine” as translated in The Simone Weil Reader (1957) edited by George A. Panichas, p. 417
- Atheism
Every atheist is an idolater — unless he is worshipping the true God in his impersonal aspect. The majority of the pious are idolaters.
Simone Weil1909–1943Last Notebook (1942) p. 308
- Atheism
Every time that a man has, with a pure heart, called upon Osiris, Dionysus, Buddha, the Tao, etc., the Son of God has answered him by sending the Holy Spirit.
Simone Weil1909–1943Letter to a Priest (1951), Section 8
- God
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven Weinberg1933–2021Address at the Conference on Cosmic Design, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. (April 1999)
- Anti-Religion
The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.
H. G. Wells1866–1946The Outline of History (1920), Ch. 28
- Christianity
Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think.
John Wesley1703–1791Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
- Thinking
I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion’s sake.
Walt Whitman1819–1892Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Starting from Paumanok. 7
There is no sudden entrance into Heaven.
Slow is the ascent by the path of Love.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox1850–1919The Way (1913).
- Love
Hell is wherever Love is not, and Heaven
Is Love’s location.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox1850–1919The Way (1913).
- Love
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Larry Wilde1928–2023The Merry Book of Christmas
- Children
- Christianity
Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Christianity
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
- Science