Quotes with devout

  • Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

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  • John Milton Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Ben Stein God bless the devout Christians of this country. They are Israel's best friends on the earth.
    A Long Memorial Day American Spectator (1 June 2010)
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Thomas Carlyle A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Sigmund Freud Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • William James Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • George Eliot People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman That the Jews were unholy was a belief so ingrained by the Church [by the 14th century] that the most devout persons were the harshest in their antipathy, none more so than St. Louis.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Ghose Aurobindo To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
    Ghose Aurobindo
    Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist (1872 - 1950)
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