There are many men, who form good hopes not by abstaining from their sins, but by thinking that hell is not so terrible as it is said to be, but milder than what is threatened, and temporary, not eternal; and about this they philosophize much. — John Chrysostom Share this quote Post on X Facebook Download image Copy quote Copy link Share… Another quote → Topics Religion
Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?
Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.
We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom. Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)
Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features. Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)
The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)