Oh, that the wise from their bright minds would kindle Such lamps within the dome of this dim world That the pale… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I'm a priest, not a priestess. Priestess implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on. Those who oppose us would love… — Carter Heyward Copy Share Image
Einstein uses his concept of God more often than a Catholic priest. Once I asked him: 'Tomorrow is Sunday. Do you want… — Leopold Infeld Copy Share Image
The Atomic Age was born in secrecy, and for two decades after Hiroshima, the high priests of the cult of the atom… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Pope Gelasius in his ninth letter (chap. 26) to the bishops of Lucania condemned the evil practice which had been introduced of… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
Dogmatic religion has been used to fantastic effect over thousands of years to fuel and exploit emotions like fear and guilt, and… — David Icke Copy Share Image
In obedience to humanity, the King of the universe come down from heaven! In obedience to humanity, he lives imprisoned on the… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
In early Judaism, the priesthood was maintained within various families and passed down from father to son, thus necessitating marriage. But this… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
I believe that even a smattering of such findings in modern science and mathematics is far more compelling and exciting than most… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
During the reign of Rameses III (the Twentieth Dynasty) Egypt saw a flowering of its civilization and the harp became the royal… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
I considered a lot of different jobs as a kid. I thought about becoming a priest or a lawyer. My father had… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can't do this. A car… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of… — Albert Murray Copy Share Image
...many of the officials, courtiers, and priests, representing the upper class of Egyptian society but not the royalty, looked strikingly like modern… — Carleton S. Coon Copy Share Image
Then it was snack time, right in the middle of mass. Right out of nowhere, the priest would look down and say,… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Lay her i' the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor… — Jack Cade Copy Share Image
In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It is manifest therefore that they who have sovereign power, are immediate rulers of the church under Christ, and all others but… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Catholic dioceses typically spent hundreds of thousands of dollars recklessly, then filed for bankruptcy. The goal was to avoid the money going… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I know many Catholic priests and nuns who use the Buddhist teachings to become better Catholics, and Jews who use them to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller,… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director,… — Arthur Middleton Copy Share Image
Religion has been a powerful weapon in the hands of governments, in the hands of priests, in the hands of kings who… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We always think of saints as these monks or nuns or popes or priests from centuries ago who were celibate or lived… — Lino Rulli Copy Share Image
I like all of the typical hard rock bands. I'm an AC/DC fanatic. I love ZZ Top, just about any Van Halen,… — Mark Mendoza Copy Share Image
Without Jesus they were the great priests of the temple; with Jesus suddenly they were nobodies. In the presence of Jesus there… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“All this is nothing better than the jargon of a conjuror, who picks up phrases he does not understand to confound the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Who but the artist has the power to open man up, to set free the imagination? The others - priest, teacher, saint,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
My job isn't to go around judging people. Priests are meant to teach love and forgiveness. That to me is the essence… — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
