“Whilst no people appears in history without the sign and palladium of a positive faith, without temple, altar, priesthood--that is to say, without a constituted religion--unbelief appears only under an individual form, sometimes proscribed, sometimes tolerated, seldom powerful, and never becoming established as the public and social expression of a nation.” PeopleSometimesFormIndividualNationsSocialPowerfulAtheismExpressionBecomingTemplesAltarsUnbeliefPriesthood Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“As to the lawful pleasures of the mind, the heart, or the senses, indulge in them with gratitude and moderation, drawing up sometimes in order to punish yourself, without waiting to be forced to do so by necessity.” MindHeartSometimesOrderWaitingPleasureGratitudeDrawingSensesModerationIndulgeIndulge In Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“Christianity is not a law of bondage; and if it respect the hand of God which sometimes raises up tyrants, it draws up where obedience degenerates into guilty cowardice.” IfsSometimesHandsLawChristianityDrawsRaisesGuiltyObedienceTyrantsCowardiceBondageDegeneratesHands Of GodRaise Up Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
