Betray Quote by Khalil Gibran

At the bottom of religious persecution is the doctrine of self-defence; that is to say, the defence of the soul. If the founder of…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Socrates made people face their hypocrisy. He had to die.”

— Francis Mont

I am now even more persuaded of the urgent need to study why Socrates was accused. The dislike of philosophy is perennial, and the…

— Allan Bloom

O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman whom Thou…

— Symeon the New Theologian

When we talked about Socrates, we saw how dangerous it could be to appeal to people's reason. With Jesus we see how dangerous it…

— Jostein Gaarder

“Paul agonizes far more over the difficult things he has had to suffer at the hands of his own converts in Corinth than over…

— D. A. Carson

The proclamation of Jesus is not a veneer: the proclamation of Jesus goes straight to the bones, heart, goes deep within and change us.…

— Pope Francis

“Paul sets forth the attitude to which the defender of the faith must be committed: "Let God be found true, but every man a…

— Greg L. Bahnsen

“The unhappiness of men, maintained by Socrates, depends upon their badness being brought home to them in conscience. If, because of their insensibility or…

— Charles H. Cooley

“The myth of Christian martyrdom and persecution needs to be corrected, because it has left us with a dangerous legacy that poisons the well…

— Candida Moss

“He said, moreover, "Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable, in that it does not afford instruction gratis;…

— Victor Hugo

“It is unjust, but only Christlike, to suffer persecution for doing what is right.”

— Joyce Rachelle