“There is no surer mark of a low and unregenerate nature than this tendency of power to loudness and wantonness instead of quietness and reverence. To souls baptized in Christian nobleness the largest sphere of command is but a wider empire of obedience, calling them, not to escape from holy rule, but to its full impersonation.” SoulChristianPowerHolyCallingLowsMarkCommandTendenciesObedienceEmpiresSpheresReverenceQuietnessBaptizedBaptized In Author:James Martineau
“The capacity for the accomplishment of religious virtuosos the "intellectual sacrifice" is the decisive characteristic of the positively religious man. That this is so is shown by the fact that in spite of (or rather in consequence) of theology (which unveils it) the tension between the value-spheres of "science" and the sphere of "the holy" is unbridgeable.” MenFactsValuesReligiousSacrificeHolyIntellectualConsequenceCapacityTheologyAccomplishmentTensionCharacteristicsSpiteSpheresPositively Book:From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology Source: From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
“Its no coincidence that the word holiday suggests a holy day, or that the longest book in the Torah concerns the Sabbath. If you wish to advance in any sphere, the best way is to take a retreat.” IfsWayBookWishHolyConcernBest WayHolidaySpheresCoincidenceRetreatSabbathTorahHoly Days Author:Pico Iyer
“Well, another female child is born into the world! Last Sunday afternoon, Harriot Eaton Stanton - oh! the little heretic thus to desecrate that holy holiday - opened her soft blue eyes on this mundane sphere.” WorldWellsChildrenLittlesEyeLastsBornAtheismHolyFemaleBluePositive AtheismHolidaySundayAfternoonSpheresMundaneBlue EyesHereticSunday Afternoons Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Unless the Holy Ghost blesses the Word, we who preach the gospel are of all men most miserable, for we have attempted a task that is impossible. We have entered on a sphere where nothing but the supernatural will ever avail. If the Holy Spirit does not renew the hearts of our hearers, we cannot do it. If the Holy Ghost does not regenerate them, we cannot. If He does not send the truth home into their souls, we might as well speak into the ear of a corpse.” IfsMenWellsHeartDoeSoulHomeMightSpiritSpeakImpossibleHolyTasksEarsGhostMiserableHoly SpiritBlessSpheresCorpsesHoly Ghost Author:Steven J Lawson
“Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.” WarEvilReligiousResultsStruggleInfluenceHolyGoodnessSatanLiarsSincereSpheresCrusadesManiacsSphere Of InfluenceEvils Of War Book:Cosmic trigger: Down to earth Source: Cosmic trigger: Down to earth
“By faith we are taken into Christ, made at once safe from holy wrath against sin, and kept safe from all perils and penalties. He, our divine Redeemer, becomes to us the new sphere of harmony and unity with God and His law, with His life and His holiness.” MadeChristianLawFaithChristSinTakenDivineHolySafeHarmonyUnityHolinessSpheresPenaltiesWrathPerilRedeemer Author:Arthur Tappan Pierson
“Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained here. Just as he prepared himself in the world of the matrix by acquiring forces necessary in this sphere of existence, so, likewise, the indispensable forces of the divine existence must be potentially attained in this world.” WorldNeedsBookForceExistenceThis WorldDivineHolyPreparedKingdomsSpheresIndispensableHoly Books Author:Abdu'l-Bahá