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When men follow justice the city blooms, the earth bears rich harvests, and children and flocks increase; but for the unjust all nature is hostile, the people waste away from famine, and a whole city may reap the evil fruit of one man's ill deeds. ↗

— Christopher Henry Dawson

#history #justice #religion #men

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

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. ↗

— John Burroughs

#been #curiosity #joy #keen #religion

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

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You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#divisive #eastern #itself #know #quarrelsome

The sciences were financially supported, honoured everywhere, universally pursued; they were like tall edifices supported by strong foundations. Then the Christian religion appeared in Byzantium and the centres of learning were eliminated, their vestiges effaced and the edifice of Greek learning was obliterated. Everything the ancient Greeks had brought to light vanished, and the discoveries of the ancients were altered out of recognition. ↗

— Mas'udi

#byzantium #christianity #religion #science #religion

Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion. ↗

— Abraham Cowley

#great #i #love #religion #sin

If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks. ↗

— Mark Twain

#agnosticism #atheism #atheist #freedom #god

People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy. -- Circular Letter to My Friends in Italy ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#inspirational #religion #humor

Sama juga kalau untuk contoh lelaki. Kalau baca Al-Qur'an hari-hari, tapi main bola nampak kepala lutut, tak cukup baik lagi. Atau kalau solat lima waktu sehari semalam tapi pegang tangan anak dara orang bukan mahram sesuka hati, tu belum cukup baik lagi. ↗

— Hlovate

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