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“Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make one's living from writing sentences. The sentence is the greatest invention of civilization. To sit all day long assembling these extraordinary strings of words is a marvelous thing. I couldn't ask for anything better. It's as near to godliness as I can get.”

Writing Trying Long I Can Asks Perfect Civilization Extraordinary Privilege Sentences Invention Strings Desks Marvelous Godliness Assembling Marvelous Things

Author:John Banville

“The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly.”

Way Humans Godly Godliness Truly Happy

Book:Hot Tub Religion

Source: Hot Tub Religion

“Priesthood ordinances are the pathway to the power of godliness.”

Pathways Godliness Priesthood Power Of God Ordinances

Author:David A. Bednar

“If, as we have said, we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should we celebrate the memory of Peter and Paul, the supreme leaders of the pre-eminent company of the apostles? They are the fathers and guides of all Christians: apostles, martyrs, holy ascetics, priests, hierarchs, pastors and teachers.”

“...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting strife and tumults, so as to draw us away from what is good? Let us cleave, therefore, to those who cultivate peace with godliness?”

Ifs Men Christian Danger Draws Exciting Aim Injury Orthodox Yield Strife Inclination Godliness Tumult

Author:John of Damascus

“There is one antidote for evil passions: the purification of our souls which takes place through the mystery of godliness. The chief act of faith in this mystery is to look to Him who suffered the passion for us. The cross is the passion, so that whoever looks to it? is not harmed by the poison of desire. To look to the cross means to render one's whole life dead and crucified to the world.”

World Looks Mean Soul Whole Christian Desire Passion Evil Mystery Crosses Whole Life Chiefs Poison Orthodox Antidote Orthodox Christian Godliness Purification

Author:Gregory of Nyssa

“Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the Scripture says in a certain place (Mk. 7:6), 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts is far from Me.'”

People Heart Christian Desire Certain Honor Lips Scripture Orthodox Godliness

Author:Pope Clement I

“People may not be impressed by our theological grasp, but they may be impressed by our expressions of practical godliness.”

People May Expression Practicals Impressed Theological Godliness

Author:Alistair Begg

“Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.”

Men Joy Men And Women Dedication Godliness Consecration Being Joyful

Author:Pope Francis

“Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood.”

Next Neighborhood Godliness Cleanliness Chores Toasters

Author:Erma Bombeck

“Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.”

Justice Simple Serious Duty Pure Devotion Godliness Affectionate Resolute Unassuming Devotion To Duty

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.”

God Shows Christian Term Display Not Interested Piety Godliness

Author:R. C. Sproul

“Politics, or controversy, or party spirit, or worldliness, have eaten out the heart of lively piety in too many of us. The subject of personal godliness has fallen sadly into the background.”

Heart Spirit Party Subjects Backgrounds Fallen Controversy Piety Lively Godliness Worldliness

Book:HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS

Source: HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS

“Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered by the energy of humanity and the cunning in the mind of man. In the patience of a Curie, in the enlightenment of a Faraday, a Rutherford, a Pasteur, a Nightingale, and all other apostles of light and cleanliness, rather than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final deliverance from plague, pestilence, and famine.”

Men Mind Light Humanity Energy Prayer Emotion Disease Enlightenment Finals Cunning Plague Symbolic Apostles Famine Godliness Cleanliness Deliverance Nightingales Pestilence Pasteur

Author:Sean O'Casey

“To realize that the Holy Scriptures are a revelation from the Most High, communicating to us His mind and defining for us His will, is the first step toward practical godliness. To recognize that the Bible is God's Word, and that its precepts are the precepts of the Almighty, will lead us to see what an awful thing it is to despise and ignore them.”

Mind Firsts Realizing Steps Holy Communicate Scripture Practicals Awful Revelations Despise First Steps Almighty Defining Godliness Holy Scriptures

Book:Sovereignty of God

Source: Sovereignty of God

“If God rewarded the righteous immediately, we would soon be engaged in business, not godliness...we would be pursuing not piety,but profit.”

Ifs Would Be Profit Engaged Righteous Piety Godliness

Author:Clement of Alexandria

“The West has enough technology, enough science, enough affluence, enough money, but something of the inner is missing. There is no peace, no silence, no joy, no bliss, no meditativeness, no experience of godliness.”

Enough Joy Silence Technology Society Missing West Bliss Godliness Affluence

Author:Rajneesh

“Cleanliness is not next to godliness nowadays, for cleanliness is made an essential and godliness is regarded as an offence.”

Made Next Essentials Godliness Cleanliness Offence

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Periodical godliness is perpetual hypocrisy.”

Hypocrisy Perpetual Godliness

Book:The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons

Source: The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons

“A truly common culture is not one in which we all think alike, or in which we all believe that fairness is next to godliness, but one in which everyone is allowed to be in on the project of cooperatively shaping a common way of life.”

Thinking Way Believe Culture Next Common Projects Fairness Godliness Common Culture

Author:Terry Eagleton

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