“The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.” WorldBodyReligionPerfectionObedienceImitationSovereignDeclarationTrue Religion Book:.) (1853). Source: .) (1853).
“We Christians joyfully recognize the religious values we have in common with Islam. I would like to repeat what I said to young Muslims some years ago in Casablanca: 'We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection.” WorldYearsBelieveSaidChristianYoungReligionValuesReligiousCommonCreaturesYears AgoPerfectionIslamRepeatsReligious Values Author:Pope John Paul II
“She saw every personal religion as a pair of intersecting circles. . . . Probably perfection is reached when the area of the two outer crescents, added together, is exactly equal to that of the leaf-shaped piece in the middle. On paper there must be some neat mathematical formula for arriving at this; in life, none.” TwoTogetherReligionWomenSawsPiecesMiddleEqualPaperAreasPerfectionCirclesMathematicalPairsFormulasLeafsNeatArrivingCrescent Author:Jan Struther
“Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.” LastsReligionFallChurchAtheismCivilizationStonesPerfectionAtheistPriestsOrganized Religion Author:Emile Zola