Quotes 681 till 700 of 1482.
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In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book.
Source: Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore upon Presentation of a Bible, 7 september 1864 -
In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth washed out with carbolic soap.
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In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we're actually playing in THE Kremlin!
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In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid.
Source: PBS interview with David Frost (November 1995) -
In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
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In the beginning was nature. The background from which and against our ideas of God were formed, nature remains the supreme moral problem. We cannot hope to understand sex and gender until we clarify our attitude toward nature. Sex is a subset to nature. Sex is the natural in man.
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) Opening sentence, p. 1 -
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropped in the street, and every one is signed by God's name. And I leave them where they are, for I know that wherever I go, others will punctually come for ever and ever.
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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards.
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.
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In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
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In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
― St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591) -
In what way can a man believing in God cease believing due to his personal vanity? There are only two ways. The man should either begin to think himself a rival of God, or he may begin to believe himself to be God.
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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
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India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name. The problem’s name is God.
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Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.
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Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
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Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?
Original:Ist der Mensch ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott ein Fehlgriff der Menschen?
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It brings to mind a story Mickey liked to tell on himself. He pictured himself at the pearly gates, met by St. Peter, who shook his head and said, 'Mick, we checked the record. We know some of what went on. Sorry, we can't let you in, but before you go, God wants to know if you'd sign these six dozen baseballs.
Source: Eulogy for Mickey Mantle, Dallas, Tex., 15 August 1995
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