![There is not a greater paradox in nature,--than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its professors.](/assets/img/quote-photos/there-is-not-a-greater-paradox-in-nature-than-that-so-good-a-religion-as-chris.jpg)
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hypocrisy littles easier
It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy. Charles Caleb Colton
hypocrisy principles moral
Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete. Charles Krauthammer
hypocrisy towns idyllic
Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy. Bill Pullman
hypocrisy people liberty
It is idle to talk of civil liberties to adults who were systematically taught in adolescence that they had none; and it is sheer hypocrisy to call such people freedom loving. Edgar Friedenberg
hypocrisy flags signals
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
hypocrisy being-thankful add
To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice. Charles Lamb
hypocrisy scripture deeds
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. Bernard of Clairvaux
hypocrisy states psychopathic
Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state. Anton Chekhov
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You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. Arundhati Roy
religion crime thousand
Where true religion has prevented one crime, false religions have afforded a pretext for a thousand.
religion whole department
Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it. Alan Watts
religion church want
We do not want churches. They will teach us to quarrel about God. Chief Joseph
religion stressed magnificence
A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later such a religion will emerge. Carl Sagan
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Religion is a reassurance - in fact, that's its only purpose. Michel Onfray
religion vivid intense
It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and intense ourselves, closer to the grave, we begin to conceive of ourselves as immortal. Edward Hoagland
religion ordinary deities
Every event, or appearance, or accident, which seems to deviate from the ordinary course of nature has been rashly ascribed to the immediate action of the Deity. Edward Gibbon
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The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses that he has related whatever might redound to the glory, and that he has suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of religion.
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The equation of religion with belief is rather recent. Arnold J. Toynbee
christianity born dies
We wept when we were born though all around us smiled; so shall we smile when we die while all around us weep. Charles Spurgeon
christianity justification turns
Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns Charles Simeon
christianity injury policy
Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us. Benjamin Franklin
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Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
christianity communicate walks
Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God. Bill Hybels
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The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal. Arthur Miller
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There is something very unhealthy about Christianity. Adolf Hitler
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Thou has conquered, O pale Galilean. Algernon Charles Swinburne
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A faith that hasn't been tested can't be trusted. Adrian Rogers