Air Quote by Mary Baker Eddy

Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.

— John Calvin

“‎A careful reading of the Old and New Testaments shows that idolatry is nothing like the crude picture that springs to mind of a…

— Richard Keyes

Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and ... absolutely nothing else.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

We are all born idolaters, and idolatry is good, because it is in the nature of man. Who can get beyond it? Only the…

— Swami Vivekananda

Civilization is the sum total of all those activities that allow men to transcend mere biological existence and reach for a richer mental, aesthetic,…

— Anthony Daniels

Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well?

— Emile Zola

On the whole, our modern ritual is impoverished and does not fulfill man's need for collective art and ritual.

— Erich Fromm

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Decadent cooks go one step further and make sculptures of the food itself. If life is to be spent in pursuit of the extravagant,…

— Medlar Lucan

There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.

— Andrew Carnegie

But things that are intrinsically good can also become idols-if we allow them to take over any of God's functions in our lives.

— Nancy Pearcey

Today, idols are not made of wood, stone, or brass. They are made of money, sex, and power.

— Peter Kreeft