“He that puts on a religious habit abroad to gain himself a great name among men, and at the same time lives like an atheist at home, shall at the last be uncovered by God and presented before all the world for a most outrageous hypocrite.” MenWorldHomeLastsNamesReligiousHabitGainsAtheistHypocrisyHypocriteOutrageous Author:Thomas Brooks
“They who seek religion for culture's sake are aesthetic, not religious, and will never gain that grace which religion adds to culture, because they never can have the religion.” CultureReligiousGraceGainsAddSakeAesthetic Author:John Campbell Shairp
“Just the idea that you are religious doesn't help at all. It does not help you; it does not help others. In order to really help others, you need to gain knowledge-wisdom.” NeedsDoeIdeasHelpingOrderReligiousGainsHelping OthersKnowledge Wisdom Author:Thubten Yeshe
“When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal advantages.” ReligiousPerfectBenefitsGainsAdvantageFavorsGods WillSuperiorsConformityAfflictionResignation Author:Vincent de Paul
“The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.” PeopleMenHumansUseMightPainFormChristReligiousAcceptingChristianityEnvironmentImpossibleEmotionalGainsAreasAspectValuableSymbolsUnconsciousWildernessAssociationDeitiesDiscomfortReligious ExperienceHuman Form Author:Donald Glover