#eli

Our Blessed Lord left the world without leaving any written message. His doctrine was Himself. Ideal and History were identified in Him. The truth that all other ethical teachers proclaimed, and the light that they gave to the world, was not IN them, but OUTSIDE them. Our Divine Lord, however, identified Divine Wisdom with Himself. It was the first time in history that it was ever done, and it has never been done since. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#jesus #morality #religion #life

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place. ↗

— Irving Kristol

#crucial role #moral #need #nothing #people

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility. ↗

— Jonathan Krohn

#book #categories #conservatism #constitution #define

I believe in Supreme Being, a Creator, whoever he may be, it's of no importance to me, who put us here on earth to do our duty as citizens and fathers; but I don't need to go to church and kiss silver platters and dig into my pocket to fatten up a lot of humbugs who eat better than you or I do! Because he can be worshiped just as well in a wood, a field, or even just gazing at the ethereal vault, like the ancients. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#religion #satire #religion

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#behave #believe #cease #effect #great

I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#detonate #experience #feeling #i #i think

I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#because #believing #consensus #constructed #else

Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#beauty #believe #even #freedom #good

Modeling is so... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#guess #i #modeling #superficial #well

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#aware #best #better #camera #going