"In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is……" — Andrew Sullivan
"In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid."
—
Andrew Sullivan
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
55 Quotes by Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan has 55 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit.
-
In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.
-
Homophobia: the fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.
-
I must say that the Katrina response does help me better understand the situation in Iraq, ... The best bet…
-
The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones…
-
I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.
-
Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals…
-
Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the…
-
Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because…
-
Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.
-
How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
-
I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.
See all 55 quotes by Andrew Sullivan »
More All Quotes
This quote is filed under All Quotes,
one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
-
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
— Hannah Arendt
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
-
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
-
A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
See all 128,558 All Quotes »