#priests

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere. ↗

— George Meredith

#country #deeper #fights #freedom #man

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. ↗

— Henry Miller

#citizens #everyday #legal #legal system #mystery

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#hundred #more #priests #schoolmaster #than

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#argument #because #bible #cannot #does

And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops. ↗

— Hans Kung

#church #communion #community #god #hierarchy

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors. ↗

— Hans Kung

#certain #certainly #children #could #impulses

We don't hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other - and in my view, this is the core of Christian living as Christ taught it. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

#christ #christian #core #each #forces

Gomst's mouth framed a 'no', but every other muscle in him said 'yes'. You'd think priests would be better liars, what with their jobs and all. ↗

— Mark Lawrence

#humour #liars #lie #priests #funny

Then my extended family, there are preachers and evangelists, former priests. So I have quite a bit of history with Church, religion and spirituality. ↗

— Wes Bentley

#church #evangelists #extended #extended family #family

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#choice #control #created #every #god