#religious

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse. ↗

— William James

#any #attitude #curse #glad #grin

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. ↗

— William James

#devout #esteem #facts #itself #neutralized

During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#country #deeply #during #first #grew

Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#congregation #emotions #experience #fervor #heard

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#cult #dogs #i #i wonder #members

The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple nourishment for its religious wants, and the profoundest thinker inexhaustible matter of study. ↗

— Philip Schaff

#affording #bible #child #class #culture

I was a very religious kid. I was raised as an Episcopalian. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#i #i was raised #kid #raised #religious

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#eclipse #fact #human #human reason #intolerance

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola. ↗

— Robert Shea

#consciously #founder #history #indeed #influential

Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general. ↗

— Robert Shea

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