#religion

The knife of historical relativism... which has cut to pieces all metaphysics and religion must also bring about healing. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#also #bring #cut #healing #historical

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. ↗

— William Blake

#christianity #conquer #forgiveness #glory

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! ↗

— William Blake

#church #cruelty #demonstrations #dividing #exist

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. ↗

— William Blake

#brothels #built #law #prisons #religion

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#anything #attempts #beliefs #countrymen #day

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#answer #i #legs #prayed #received

It is very important that football can see beyond religion but FIFA does not just ignore its impact. ↗

— Sepp Blatter

#does #fifa #football #ignore #impact

It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body that produced them. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#body #checking #comparing #every #external

Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert. ↗

— Austin Farrer

#friend #like #more #obedience #religion

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#equation #rather #recent #religion