Coming out Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“I wonder if you know just what it means to pious?" "Goin' to church, and readin' the Bible, and sayin' prayers and hymns, ain't…

— Louisa May Alcott

Except for those who think in terms of pious platitudes or dogma or narrow prejudice (and those thoughts we aren't interested in), people don't…

— Edward R. Murrow

I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious.

— Bertrand Russell

“I tell my congregation at times, “You don’t have to feel conviction for every sermon. Some of you are actually obedient and faithful in…

— Kevin DeYoung

The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy,…

— Plato

The type of religion which rejoices in the pious sound of traditional phrases, regardless of their meanings, or shrinks from "controversial" matters, will never…

— John Gresham Machen

I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.

— David Antin

Evangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I revert to it whenever I’m angry or excited or surrounded by other people who understand what…

— Rachel Held Evans

Without a rigorous, self-critical discourse, one risks lapsing into pious platitudes and unexamined generalizations.

— Stephen Batchelor

Labels such as, 'evangelical', 'fundamental', 'charismatic', 'liberal' contribute to polarization and produce a climate of implied or outspoken distrust. Respectful dialogue becomes virtually impossible.…

— Robert H. Schuller

The ecclesiastical writers, who, in the heat of religious faction, are apt to despise the profane virtues of sincerity and moderation.

— Edward Gibbon

For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat

— Thomas Hood