God and Religion Quotes

"Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion." ~ Children of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill Men moralise among ruins, or, in the throng and tumult of successful cities, recall past visions of urban desolation for prophetic warning. ~ Tancred by Benjamin Disraeli "God for men—religions for women," he muttered sometimes. ~ Nostromo by Joseph Conrad The bishop did not whistle: we believe that they lose the power of doing so on being consecrated. ~ The Warden by Anthony Trollope "When one reflects what a deal of harm a bishop may do, one wishes that there was some surer way of getting bishops." ~ The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope Discovering that priests were infinitely more attentive when she was in process of losing or regaining faith in Mother Church, she maintained an enchantingly wavering attitude. ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald "I'd much rather have no religion, and enjoy life while I'm in it, than choose one to worry me here and bedevil me hereafter." ~ Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu "It seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place." ~ Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,--but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. ~ The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you don't make it of wood, you must make it of words. ~ The Poet at the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.