Religion Quote by James P. Carse Download Open image ““...religion ceases to be religion when its poetic authority is recast as civic authority.”” — James P. Carse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Religion
“"It's not for me - religion. It seems like a redundancy for a poet.” — May Swenson Copy Share Image
“Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Personaliy does not represent the religion, religions will amend charecters.” — Kamaran Ihsan Salih Copy Share Image
“Whenever religion shows contempt or disregards the rights of persons, even under the noblest pretexts, it draws us away from reality and God.” — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul. The position men have given to Jesus, now for many… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. True Religion is realization of the self.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Religious belief does not do away with either natural or human law from which sovereignty is derived.” — Timothy Brook Copy Share Image
“Religion is to democracy as a bridle is to a horse. Religion moderates democracy because it appeals to an authority higher than democracy itself.5… — Charles J. Chaput Copy Share Image
“The issue here is not whether self-veiling can be avoided, or even should be avoided. Indeed, no finite play is possible without it. The… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“No one can play a game alone. One cannot be human by oneself. There is no selfhood where there is no community. We do… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Immortality is therefore the supreme example of the contradictoriness of finite play: It is a life one cannot live.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Evil is never intended as evil. Indeed, the contradiction inherent in all evil is that it originates in the desire to eliminate evil. “The… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. Education discovers an increasing richness in… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“It is a highly valued function of society to prevent changes in the rules of the many games it embraces... Deviancy, however, is the… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Although it may be evident enough in theory that whoever plays a finite game plays freely, it is often the case that finite players… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“We are playful when we engage others at the level of choice, when there is no telling in advance where our relationship with them… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Surprise in finite play is the triumph of the past over the future. The Master Player who already knows what moves are to be… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“Titles are public. They are for others to notice. I expect others to address me according to my titles, but I do not address… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
“War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.” — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions. — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Personal Style comes from within. It's when the woman, her individuality and spirit come through. She uses clothes to express who she is and… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image