Devout Quotes

113 quotes by 102 authors

The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the… — Martin Luther
(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ...… — Gautama Buddha
The conception of Godhead formed by some devout philosophers and mystics has quite rightly been so immeasurably vast, though still assuredly utterly inadequate and necessarily… — Oliver Lodge
When holy and devout religious men are at their beads, 'tis hard to draw them thence; so sweet is zealous contemplation. — William Shakespeare
Father Mapple uplifted his closed eyes, and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed to be kneeling at the bottom of the sea. — Herman Melville
A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects and goals which neither require… — Albert Einstein
The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield. — Patricia Briggs
Under the blessings of Divine Providence ... It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for… — James K. Polk
I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer kneeling on the floor praying fervently to God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed, so… — Eberhard Bethge
The ascendancy over men's minds of the ruins of the stupendous past, the past of history, legend and myth, at once factual and fantastic, stretching… — Rose Macaulay
Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision of today's intellectuals than the fact that it was businessmen, devout religious leaders and Western… — Thomas Sowell
But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of other nations and… — Philipp Melanchthon
I have a friend â€” or had a friend, now dead â€” Abdus Salam, a very devout Muslim, who was trying to bring science into… — Steven Weinberg
It is time, I suggest, to stop the practice of allowing Muslims to serve in the U.S. military. The reason is simple: the more devout… — Bryan Fischer
Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God. — William Ames
A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of… — Eric Hoffer
By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this virtue to all… — Pio of Pietrelcina
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout… — Benedict of Nursia
The success of the West, including the rise of science, rested entirely on religious foundations, and the people who brought it about were devout Christians. — Rodney Stark
With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga. . . .… — Swami Vivekananda

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