“I have but one thought in my heart for the young folk of the Church and that is that they be happy. I know of no other place than home where more happiness can be found in this life. It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home.” KnowsHeartHomeYoungFoundHeavenBitsChurchMy HeartIdealsFolksThis LifeContinuation Author:David O. McKay
“The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.” TwoImportantDifferentGovernmentFacesPoliticalDifferencesChurchReligiousDutyOfficeIdealsRealmsSubtleReligious FaithImplementation Book:The Jimmy Carter Library Source: The Jimmy Carter Library
“I have already indicated to you the meaning of the word religion, as applied to Islam. The truth is that Islam is not a Church. It is a State conceived as a contractual organism long before Rousseau ever thought of such a thing, and animated by an ethical ideal which regards man not as an earth-rooted creature, defined by this or that portion of the earth, but as a spiritual being understood in terms of a social mechanism, and possessing rights and duties as a living factor in that mechanism.” MenLongStatesEarthSpiritualSocialTermChurchRightsDutyTruth IsCreaturesUnderstoodIdealsRegardIslamFactorsDefinedEthicalMechanismPortionsRootedOrganismsAnimatedPossessingSpiritual BeingsRights And Duties Author:Muhammad Iqbal
“Anarchism is in reality the ideal of political and social science, and also the ideal of religion. It is the ideal to which Jesus Christ looked forward. Christ founded no church, established no state, gave practically no laws, organized no government and set up no external authority, but he did seek to write on the hearts of men God's law and make them self-legislating.” MenWritingHeartSelfStatesRealityGovernmentLawPoliticalJesusSocialChristChurchAuthorityJesus ChristIdealsOrganizedAnarchismSocial Science Author:R. Heber Newton
“Baptists have long upheld the ideal of a free church in a free state. And from the beginning, they believed that forcing a person to worship against his will violated the principles of both Christianity and civility.” PersonsLongStatesChurchChristianityPrinciplesAtheismWorshipIdealsPositive AtheismCivilityBaptistsFree State Author:George W. Bush
“The ideal to which John Adams subscribed-that we would be a nation of laws, not of men-was quickly subverted when the churches forced upon everyone, through supposedly neutral and just laws, their innumerable taboos on sex, alcohol, gambling. We are now indeed a nation of laws, mostly bad and certainly antihuman.” MenWould BeLawReligionNationsSexChurchIdealsAlcoholGamblingTaboo Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“These then are the marks of the ideal Church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism and humility. They are what Christ desires to find in His churches as He walks among them.” DesireSufferingSoundChristChurchWalksHumilityIdealsMarkDoctrineHolinessEvangelismGenuinenessSound Doctrine Author:John Stott
“Parasitism is the only practice of the church; with its ideal of anaemia, its holiness, draining all blood, all love, all hope for life; the beyond as the will to negate every reality; the cross as the mark of recognition for the most subterranean conspiracy that ever existed-against health, beauty, whatever has turned out well, courage, spirit, graciousness of the soul, against life itself.” WellsSoulRealitySpiritChurchPracticeBloodAtheismIdealsCrossesMarkPositive AtheismRecognitionHolinessConspiracyGraciousnessDrainingHealth BeautyAnaemia Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“I want to see religious instruction and sermons held in German in the mosques. The ideal, in my view, would be for imams to be trained in Germany and to speak our language, just as the Roman Catholic Church now holds mass in German and gave up Latin long ago.” WantLongWould BeSpeakLanguageChurchReligiousViewsMassIdealsCatholicGermanyLatinInstructionLong AgoSermonsCatholic ChurchGave UpMosquesRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Wolfgang Schauble