Heaven rewards the pious; those who cherish the gods Themselves are cherished. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Tulsidas's Ramayana is a notable book because it is informed with the spirit of purity, pity and piety. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Among the many strange servilities mistaken for pieties, one of the least lovely is that which hopes to flatter God by despising… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Maggie Nelson cuts through our culture's prefabricated structures of thought and feeling with an intelligence whose ferocity is ultimately in the service… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
For the most part neoconservatives are people who were once liberals but sobered up. The neoliberal is one who has always been… — Emmett Tyrrell Copy Share Image
The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The great reason why we have so little good preaching is that we have so little piety. To be eloquent one must… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The decline in American pride, patriotism, and piety can be directly attributed to the extensive reading of so-called 'science fiction' by our… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
But if they are well-founded and just, they can be no less than the high requirements of heaven, addressed by the voice… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
As piety, religion and morality have a happy influence on the minds of men, in their public as well as private transactions,… — Samuel Copy Share Image
Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Who here can never say they have committed murder, whether in the name of the God or otherwise?” I meet the High… — Sarah K.L. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Devotion signifies a life given, or devoted to God. He therefore is the devout man, who lives no longer to his own… — William Law Copy Share Image
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The spirit only can teach. Not any profane man, not any sensual, not any liar, not any slave can teach, but only… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The good of the governed is the end, and rewards and punishments are the means, of all government. The government of the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
It is significant that it is as difficult to get charity out of piety as to get reasonableness out of rationalism. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truthfirst. — Aristotle (384â322 BC Copy Share Image
Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
A magnificent achievement that witnesses powerfully to the rich development, harmony, and piety of the Reformed faith. — Joel Beeke Copy Share Image
Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“And I would find a way to serve both my god and my heart. Surely He does not give us hearts so… — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
From my point of view, a great deal of openly expressed piety is insufferable conceit. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
There are who mistake the spirit of pugnacity for the spirit of piety, and thus harbor a devil instead of an angel. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Chastity prays for me, piety sings, Innocence sweetens my last black breath, Modesty hides my thighs in her wings, And all the… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
The signal instances of Providential goodness which we have experienced and which have now almost crowned our labors with complete success demand… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Whoever leads an auspicious life here and governs the commonwealth rightly, as my most noble father did, who promoted all piety and… — Henry VIII of England Copy Share Image
We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
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