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187 Piety quotes by 146 unique authors

True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man's convenience. — Baruch Spinoza
No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n; But such plain roofs as Piety could raise, And only vocal… — Alexander Pope
For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the temples… — Lucretius
Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body. — Theodore Parker
Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed these… — A. Powell Davies
Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the… — Rowan Williams
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every… — John Hancock
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every… — John Hancock
Filial Piety is the principle of Heaven, The righteousness of Earth, And the (proper) conduct of the people. — Zengzi
Be happy, but be happy through piety. — Madame de Stael
Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value. — E. M. Forster
Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it. — Omar Khayyam
This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the… — William Law
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a… — Queen Rania of Jordan
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be… — George Santayana
I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction. — George Washington
The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. — William Wordsworth
Why could you not have left me as I was, in the sea of being?" "Because the world has need of your humility, your piety,… — Roger Zelazny
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion, and… — Tom Robbins
It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I have read true piety defined as: loving one’s destiny unconditionally – and there is something in it. That is to say: I think that… — Isak Dinesen
He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and… — Jorge Luis Borges

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