Form Quote by Martial

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

— Benjamin Whichcote

The idol in the temple is not God. But since God resides in every atom, He resides in that idol too.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God

— Elyse Fitzpatrick

“You've built yourselves a god from silver and gold. How does that differ from idol worship, except Those people worship one god and you…

— Dante Alighieri

One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Idolatry is worshiping something other than the true God in the true way.

— John Macarthur

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“Idols aren't just stone statues. No, idols are the thoughts, desires, longings, and expectations that we worship in the place of the true God.…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.

— Baltasar Gracian

Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of idolatry.

— William Bernard Ullathorne

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

— James Russell Lowell

Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is.

— Ron Carlson