Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
Martin LutherTags: intelligence reason religion faith
There are few ways in which good people do more harm to those who take them seriously than to defend the gospel with arguments that won't hold water. Many of the difficulties encountered by young people going to college would be avoided if parents and teachers were more careful to distinguish between what they know to be true and what they think may be true. Impetuous youth, upon finding the authority it trusts crumbling, even on unimportant details, is apt to lump everything together and throw the baby out with the bath.
Henry B. EyringI have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond death. It may be the blackness averred by the Nemedian skeptics, or Crom's realm of ice and cloud, or the snowy plains and vaulted halls of the Nordheimer's Valhalla. I know not, nor do I care. Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. Let teachers and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illusion. I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.
Robert E. HowardThe religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTags: religion
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
ErasmusTags: education learning christianity religion theology
You have told me, O God, to believe in hell. But you have forbidden me to think...of any man as damned
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinTags: religion
To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.
Theodore DalrympleTags: politics christianity religion
I always tell my Western friends that it is best to keep your own tradition. Changing religion is not easy and sometimes causes confusion. You must value your tradition and honor your own religion.
Dalai Lama XIVTags: christianity religion
If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. Not at the head, where a fatal wound might result. But at some other body part, such as a leg.
Dalai Lama XIVAll teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.
Ming-Dao DengTags: wisdom life experience religion living teaching alive holy-books teachings
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