Pious Quotes

161 quotes by 145 authors

Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life.… — Andrzej Sapkowski
Theology is like a map. Merely learning and thinking about the Christian doctrines, if you stop there, is less real and less exciting than the… — C.S. Lewis
I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work,… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored… — Thomas Keneally
I am so tried by the things said about God. I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how he can be… — George MacDonald
I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious. — Bertrand Russell
Loving Your Enemies... Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this demand is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship" so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the… — Robert Louis Stevenson
My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it. — Madhur Bhandarkar
My parents are deeply pious Hindus. — Akhil Sharma
I guess the Democrats have to pretend to be more pious than the Republicans because they are under suspicion of not being. — Richard Dawkins
A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so… — Rebecca MacKinnon
My family was pious and Presbyterian mainly because my grandfather was pious and Presbyterian, but that was more of an inherited intuition than an actual… — Marilynne Robinson
Atheists are pious people. — Max Stirner
The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and when Death has taken off the Mask, they will know… — William Penn
The world is but a (quick passing) enjoyment; and the best enjoyment of the world is a pious and virtuous woman. — Hazrat Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him
Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1500 years. — John Adams
The highest gift and favor of God is a pious, kind, godly, and domestic wife, with whom thou mayest live peaceably, and to whom thou… — Martin Luther
Humanity is the greatest religion to follow and the most pious way to show your love for the god !! — Senoraroy
The sky is calling, can feel my soul rising, can see two hands extending, hands with a serene face, filled with pious love, i knew… — Senoraroy

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