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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the… — Theodore Bikel
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. — George Burns
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a… — John Burroughs
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
And when we would make much of that which cannot matter much to thee, forgive us -a frequent part of the prayer that opened sermons. — John E. Hines
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today. — Francis of Assisi
Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there… — Anna Julia Cooper
Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life. — Henry Ward Beecher
Judas heard all Christ's sermons. — Thomas Goodwin
And increasingly - you know this and so do I we're losing the youth everywhere. They hate us; they are not interested in having more… — Anthony de Mello
When I stand up to talk, people listen to me; they will follow what I have to say. Is it any power of mine? Of… — Fulton J. Sheen
All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity… — Fulton J. Sheen
The preaching that this world needs most is the sermons in shoes that are walking with Jesus Christ. — Dwight L. Moody
This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism… — Otto Schily
It has always been one of my unclerical sermons to myself, that that remark which Peter made on seeing the vision of a single hour,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples… — Mark Twain
The Americans speak so much about freedom in their sermons. Freedom as a possession is a doubtful thing for a church; freedom must be won… — Eric Metaxas
We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and… — Victor Hugo
Upon this theology he rarely pondered. The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen… — Sinclair Lewis

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