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“There are dons who care for the intellect and the imagination, and there are priests who care for the spirit; but broadly speaking the function of universities and churches alike is to trim and tame enthusiasm, to suppress curiosity, and, in short, to whittle immortal souls into serviceable props of the established order.”

Soul Care Spirit Order Imagination Church Function Curiosity University Intellect Enthusiasm Immortal Priests Who Cares Props Immortal Soul

Book:The progress of a biographer

Source: The progress of a biographer

“Most churches don't have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.”

Stills Happens Imagination Church Building Resources Bounds Tricks Sunday

Book:The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage

Source: The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage

“Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.”

Ifs Men Believe Heart Art War Truth Lying Born Imagination Church Military Honesty Deeds Guides Titles Idols Altars

Book:Five speeches delivered by the Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., 1860-1864. Edited, with a preface, by a member of the University of Oxford [i.e. the Hon. Frederick Lygon, afterwards Earl Beauchamp].

Source: Five speeches delivered by the Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., 1860-1864. Edited, with a preface, by a member of the University of Oxford [i.e. the Hon. Frederick Lygon, afterwards Earl Beauchamp].

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