“Men spend their life down here in the worship of petty (or mean) interests and the search of perishable things, and with that ("et avec cela", Fr.) they pretend to perpetuate for all eternity their self ("moi", Fr.) so hardly worthy ("digne", Fr.) of it.” MenMeanSelfInterestWorshipEternityWorthyPetty Author:African Spir
“Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of surprise, if some day when I am alone in the woods one of the trees were to speak to me.” IfsThinkingFirstsFeelingsWould BeSpeakNationsInterestNatureTreeWorshipSurpriseDelightWoodsSavages Book:The Pleasures of the Life Source: The Pleasures of the Life
“To worship the Lord is to stand valiantly in the cause of truth and righteousness, to let our influence for good be felt in civic, cultural, educational, and governmental fields, and to support those laws and principles which further the Lord's interests on earth.” EarthLawFeltCausesInterestLordPrinciplesSupportInfluenceFieldsWorshipEducationalRighteousnessCivicsWorship The Lord Author:Bruce R. McConkie
“Suppose whether or not someone tells me a lie depends only on whether he wants to, but he is morally indifferent, he doesn't care much about the truth or about me, and his self interest, which he worships, tells him to lie, and so it comes about that given his psychology, it is a forgone conclusion that he will lie to me. I think in this case he is still blameworthy, and that implies, among other things, that he did something he ought not do.” ThinkingCareLyingInterestPsychologyWorshipConclusionIndifferentSelf InterestLie To Me Author:Nomy Arpaly
“The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain the interest of the worshipper... no one cared what he believed about its origin.” IndividualInterestWorshipConnectedMythFancyCeremonySanctuaryWorshippersNo One Cares Book:Religion of the Semites (Ppr) Source: Religion of the Semites (Ppr)
“If we go back to the beginning, we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them and that custom, respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests. If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.” IfsMenReligionOrderInterestSupportAtheismIgnoranceBirthWorshipWeaknessAtheistTyrannyEnthusiasmPreservesFancyDeceitCustomsAgnosticBlindnessCredulityReligion GodIgnorance And Fear Author:Bill Maher
“Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals as the citizen in a democracy. The particular imbalance of this ideology leads to a worship of self-interest and a denial of the public good. The practical effects on the individual are passivity and conformism in the areas that matter, and non-conformism in the areas that don't” SelfMatterIndividualInterestEconomyDemocracyEffectsParticularCitizensCivilizationWorshipAreasDenyPracticalsIdeologyDenialLockedSelf InterestLegitimacyPassivityImbalancePublic GoodCorporatism Book:The Unconscious Civilization Source: The Unconscious Civilization
“It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love Him, and worship Him. This gnosis should be sought for the sake of God, not for any other reason whatsoever, unlike the remaining external acts of devotion, which can be performed for other worldly interests, such as hypocrisy, praise, and commendation.” MenShouldHeartReasonPurposeInterestImpossibleWorshipPraiseSakeDevotionGod LoveHypocrisyWorldlyGnosisCommendation Author:Ibn Ata Allah
“Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who profess to be religious, even those who worship regularly, show no particular interest in the world beyond themselves.” PeopleWorldHeartKindShowsBeliefInterestReligiousAtheismParticularGoodnessWorshipCaringPlentyDecentReligious Belief Author:John C. Danforth