#church

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#another #belonged #choir #church #even

I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#church #go #i #pray #pray for

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#deal #enthusiasts #ever #how #other

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. ↗

— James Madison

#churches #guardians #instance #liberties #people

Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#climate #fulfilling #go #guidance #indeed

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries. ↗

— James Madison

#ceaseless #centuries #church #europe #forever

The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state. ↗

— James Madison

#church #devotion #increased #industry #manifestly

The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church was my first book and I would think it is still my most important book. ↗

— John McGahern

#always #book #church #churches #evening

I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer. ↗

— John McGahern

#catholic #catholic church #christianity #church #class

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. ↗

— Herman Melville

#church #clergyman #get #go #heavens