--- title: "7 Idolaters Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Idolaters quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Idolaters sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/anthony-esolen-32671_fool_how-silly-were-the-idolaters-of-old-who_566355.jpg" --- > [“How silly were the idolaters of old, who knelt before the clumsy wooden figurines of their own making! We are wiser now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-esolen/how-silly-were-the-idolaters-of-old-who-knelt-before-the-clumsy/) [Anthony Esolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-esolen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/anthony-esolen-32671_fool_how-silly-were-the-idolaters-of-old-who_566355.jpg) > [Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/neither-be-ye-idolaters-as-were-some-of-them-as-it-is-written-the/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e5/bible-141_drink_neither-be-ye-idolaters-as-were-some-of_854136.jpg) > [“He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But the cowardly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-l-brown-2/he-who-overcomes-will-inherit-all-this-and-i-will-be-his-god-and-he/) [Michael L Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-l-brown-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/michael-l-brown-2-59343_art_he-who-overcomes-will-inherit-all-this-a_1147743.jpg) > [We are all born idolaters, and idolatry is good, because it is in the nature of man. Who can get beyond it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-are-all-born-idolaters-and-idolatry-is-good-because-it-is-in-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/swami-vivekananda-53_body_we-are-all-born-idolaters-and-idolatry-i_2071288.jpg) > [Every atheist is an idolater- unless he is worshipping the true God in his impersonal aspect. The majority of the pious are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/every-atheist-is-an-idolater-unless-he-is-worshipping-the-true-god-in/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/simone-weil-544_aspect_every-atheist-is-an-idolater-unless-he-i_2490501.jpg) > [God loves to see his creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please Him with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hall/god-loves-to-see-his-creatures-happy-our-lawful-delight-is-his-they/) [Joseph Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/joseph-hall-7416_creatures_god-loves-to-see-his-creatures-happy-our_2632572.png) > [Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/men-are-idolaters-and-want-something-to-look-at-and-kiss-and-hug-or/) [Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_fantasy_men-are-idolaters-and-want-something-to_2815992.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idolaters/#itemlist", "name": "Idolaters Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How silly were the idolaters of old, who knelt before the clumsy wooden figurines of their own making! 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