Business Quote by George MacDonald

Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was thebusiness only of the clergy to care for souls.

— George MacDonald

“Perhaps you could not find such godless, such ruthless and such materialist people as clergy.”

— Irving Stone

“I guessed that only at the last possible minute did the soul in a determined fashion flee the dying flesh. Who could blame it…

— Lorrie Moore

“Preaching never edifies a prayerless soul.”

— E.M. Bounds

“There was something solemn in it- but love and religion would destroy that, whatever it was, the privacy of the soul.”

— Virginia Woolf

“We expect brilliance from the pulpit, but often accept mediocrity in our souls.”

— Barna Group

“Fire in a soul to serve God, is better than a soul in fire that refused.”

— Anthony Liccione

“It was all very well to aim at the intention of the soul: who could tell what that was when people seemed a mass…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“With all my soul I longed to be in a position to join with the people in performing the rites of their faith, but…

— Leo Tolstoy

“He should know that whoever undertakes the government of souls must prepare himself to account for them.”

— Saint Benedict of Nursia

“The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that's all.”

— Philip Pullman

“The church must still pray and receive healing by faith; otherwise, nothing happens.”

— Ana Mendez Ferrell