Home / Quotes / Quote by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Quote by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

“Fierce invectives against women form a conspicuous and grotesque portion of the writings of the Church fathers.”

Quote by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Author

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

William Edward Hartpole Lecky was a British political figure and philosopher, known for his contributions to history and ethics, particularly in the fields of political thought history and moral philosophy. His works are extensive and cover European political thought from ancient Greece to the 19th century. more

You May Also Like

“Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead.”

People Long Two Three Secret Atheism Positive Atheism

Author:G. Gordon Liddy

“What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.”

Prayer Atheism Positive Atheism Decree

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“Mass Man, the universal psychopath, is born when the individual ego is weakened to the point at which it loses separate identity and is forced, for security, to merge with the mass.”

Men Individual Born Loses Atheism Security Identity Ego Mass Universal Positive Atheism Psychopath

Author:Robert M. Lindner

“It is not the idea as such which the censor attacks, whether it be heresy or radicalism or obscenity. He attacks the circulation of the idea among the classes which in his judgment are not to be trusted with the idea.”

Ideas Class Atheism Judgment Positive Atheism Trusted Heresy Circulation Obscenity Radicalism

Book:Men of Destiny (Ppr)

Source: Men of Destiny (Ppr)

“Biographies by preachers are of no value. If they admire a man they always make him a saint, while if they dislike one, they always make him a demon.”

Ifs Men Values Atheism Saint Positive Atheism Admire Demon Dislike Preacher Biographies

Author:George C. Lorimer

“It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may. Personally I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born, yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.”

“It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief, or with no proper examination of the grounds on which the creed is supposed to rest.”

Real Country Seems Belief Atheism Bases Positive Atheism Profession Our Country Creeds Examination Bane

Book:The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell: Letters

Source: The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell: Letters

“Where Church and State are habitually associated, it is natural that minds, even of a high order, should unconsciously come to regard religion as only a subtler mode of police.”

Should Mind States Order Natural Church Atheism Police Regard Positive Atheism Church And State

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)

“True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.”

Mind Lying Universe Atheism Quiet Contemplating Piety

Author:Lucretius

“If anyone decided to call the sea Neptune, and corn Ceres, and to misapply the name of Bacchus rather than to give liquor its right name, so be it; and let him dub the round world "Mother of the Gods" so long as he is careful not really to infest his mind with base superstitions.”

Ifs World Giving Mind Long Mother Names Sea Atheism Decided Rounds Careful Positive Atheism Superstitions Corn Liquor Bacchus Neptune Round World

Author:Lucretius