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“I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”

Matter Worship Sake Creator

Author:John of Damascus

“The term [Americanization] invokes the transformation of the landscape into unnatural mechanical shapes, of night into day, of speed for its own sake, an irrational passion for novelty at the expense of quality, a worship of gimmickry.”

Night Passion Term Quality Shapes Worship Transformation Sake Speed Landscape Expenses Irrational Novelty Unnatural Invoke

Author:Robert Stone

“Hamas does not care about the lives of Palestinians. [They don't] care about the lives of Israelis or Americans. They don't care about their own lives. They consider dying for the sake of their ideology a way of worship.”

Way Doe Care Dying Worship Sake Don't Care Ideology Palestinian Hamas

Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef

“I don't hero worship for the sake of hero worship. When I find people who are truly remarkable - and I think Joseph Needham is a classic example - I do value their counsel.”

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Author:Simon Winchester

“O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty.”

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Author:Rabia Basri

“In former times, God, who is without form or body, could never be depicted. But now when God is seen in the flesh conversing with men, I make an image of the God whom I see. I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”

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Author:John of Damascus

“The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. ... I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake, who willed to take His abode in matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. Never will I cease honoring the matter which wrought my salvation! I honor it, but not as God. Because of this I salute all remaining matter with reverence, because God has filled it with his grace and power. Through it my salvation has come to me.”

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Author:John of Damascus

“Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name, or goods, for mere speculative opinions, or his external way of worship? Do you love truth for truth's sake; and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others.”

Thinking Way Persons Body Names Opinion Mankind Ought Worship Mere Sake Communicate Profession Goods Endeavor Sincerely Truth Love

Book:A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Source: A Benjamin Franklin Reader

“TO worship God even for the sake of salvation or any other reward is equally degenerate. Love knows no reward. Give your love unto to God, but do not ask anything in return even from Him through pray.”

Knows Giving Asks Return Praying Worship Salvation Rewards Sake Degenerates Worship God

Book:Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of Love and Devotion

Source: Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of Love and Devotion

“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.”

Men Should Heart Reason Purpose Interest Impossible Worship Praise Sake Devotion God Love Hypocrisy Worldly Gnosis Commendation

Author:Ibn Ata Allah

“I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.”

Matter Worship Salvation Sake Cease

Author:John of Damascus