“To plead the organic causation of a religious state of mind, then, in refutation of its claim to possess superior spiritual value, is quite illogical and arbitrary, unless one have already worked out in advance some psycho-physical theory connecting spiritual values in general with determinate sorts of physiological change. Otherwise none of our thoughts and feelings, not even our scientific doctrines, not even our dis -beliefs, could retain any value as revelations of the truth, for every one of them without exception flows from the state of their possessor's body at the time.” MindStatesFeelingsBodySpiritualValuesBeliefReligiousTheoryFlowClaimsDoctrineSuperiorsRevelationsExceptionState Of MindOur ThoughtsConnectingArbitraryPsychoThoughts And FeelingsIllogicalPhysiologicalCausationSpiritual ValuesRefutation Book:The Varieties of Religious Experience Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience
“The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.” IfsHandsReligiousSimpleKissingAtheistTreatedSuperiorsEsteemGreekTemplesCustomsComplimentInferiorsCeremonyPaganismTokensSalutations Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“While some animals exhibit individual powers in higher perfection, man stands for their superior, not only in combining in his own body all the senses and faculties which they possess, but in being endowed with moral and intellectual powers which are denied to them, and which at once place him at the head of the living creation, and constitute him a moral, religious, intelligent, and responsible being.” MenBodyIndividualReligiousAnimalMoralCreationHigherIntellectualPerfectionIntelligentResponsibleSensesSuperiorsFacultyDeniedExhibitsCombiningIndividual Power Author:George Combe
“Never let your love for your profession overshadow your religious feeling. Depend on it that religion will strengthen, not weaken, your energies, and will not only make you a better sailor, but a superior man. Professional studies are not to be neglected; but, on the other hand, take care how you fall into the common error of believing they are the remedy for all the ills of life.” MenBelieveFeelingsHandsCareFallEnergyReligiousCommonStudyDependsErrorsTake CareProfessionSuperiorsRemedyNeglectedSailorSuperior Man Book:Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir
“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