“Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.” BelieveWellsMeanPersonsMadeChristianBeliefUnderstandingChristianityObedienceReverenceGood ChristianInquisitive Author:Michel de Montaigne
“The soaring, imaginative minds of men, constructing lofty, shimmering piles of abstract thought, and taking as their postulate a revelation from God, gaveus relgions which coule not possible maintained without belief and obedience: ... we find them most permanent and changeless among people who make the least effort to swquare their beliefs with the laws of life.” PeopleMenMindLawBeliefEffortAtheismPositive AtheismObediencePermanentAbstractRevelationsSoarImaginativeLoftyLaws Of Life Author:Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.” CharacterTurnsBeliefReligiousVirtueAtheismSourceAuthorityEndureObedienceConsistentAdmirationPietyReligious BeliefObedience To Authority Book:Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge Source: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
“They have their belief, these poor Tibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some belief in a kind of Pope! At bottom still better, a belief that there is a Greatest Man; that he is discoverable; that, once discovered, we ought to treat him with an obedience which knows no bounds. This is the truth of Grand Lamaism; the "discoverability" is the only error here.” PeopleKnowsMenKindStillsBeliefPoorGenerationsBuddhismOughtTreatsErrorsBottomBoundsObedienceProvidencePopeIncarnationTibetGreatest Man Author:Thomas Carlyle
“The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience.” MenBeliefQualityOpinionIgnoranceObediencePlagueSuitable Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays