“The Chinese are a knowing people; and I daresay that is why they once made a religious odor about old age; to prevent their sons from seeing their own future.” PeopleMadeAgeReligiousKnowingSeeingSonChinaOld AgeChineseOdor Book:The Man Who Loved Children Source: The Man Who Loved Children
“[On women as priests:] It has always seemed very odd to me that this particular sphere of activity should remain a male closed shop, seeing that, to judge from church attendance, women are the more religious sex - while our criminal statistics make quite clear that they are the least wicked.” ShouldSexChurchReligiousClearSeeingParticularJudgingActivityMalesCriminalsOddWickedShopsPriestsStatisticsSpheresClergyAttendanceChurch Attendance Author:Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks
“I do have a lot of deep religious iconography. I have crosses all over my house, and there's something very attractive about seeing nuns walking down the street. It's not a sexual thing for me; I know it is for some guys.” KnowsGuyHouseReligiousSeeingStreetsWalkingCrossesAttractiveNunIconography Author:Rick Springfield
“Pity on the person who has become accustomed to seeing in necessity something arbitrary, who ascribes to the arbitrary some sort of reason, and even claims that following that sort of reason has religious value.” PersonsReasonValuesReligiousChanceSeeingClaimsFollowingPityAccustomedArbitraryReligious Values Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I am convinced that the majority of the religious hierarchy today deplores the hardship inflicted on our people. I am referring not only to the martyrs but of the families who have been dispersed and terrified, who have no resources, and to the four million unemployed who are suffering from the economic chaos of a country which only a year earlier was giving employment to a million foreigners. Those who have chosen to serve God must feel profoundly sad at seeing ridicule poured on the most sacred principles of our religion.” PeopleGivingFeelsYearsHas BeensCountryTodaySufferingReligiousPrinciplesMillionsFourSeeingEconomicResourcesSacredMajorityChaosConvincedChosenEmploymentHardshipServing GodTerrifiedRidiculeHierarchyMartyrForeignersUnemployedReferring Book:The Shah's story Source: The Shah's story
“Cultivate the technique of seeing all problems as opportunities. Opportunities to...be, and decide, Who You Really Are.” InspirationalProblemOpportunityReligiousSeeingTechnique Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“Women covering their heads is traditional, but now we're seeing more and more women covering themselves from head to toe. This is said to be for religious reasons but it's actually the conflation of religion and politics - every political movement has its slogans, flags and dress.” SaidReasonPoliticalReligiousSeeingMovementDressesTraditionalFlagsToesSlogansCoveringReligion And PoliticsPolitical Movements Author:Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.” NeedsMeanReasonFaithGivenReligiousDarknessSeeingSurround Book:God's Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light Source: God's Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light