Irony Quote by Mrs. Oliphant

“One can even buy a so-called Religion, which is really but common morality sanctified with flowers and music. Rob the Church of her accessories…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“And now the holy couple began here a new married life. They made a sacrifice to God of all the preceding years, and began…

— Anna Katharina Emmerick

“She [the Church] proclaims that we owe love, honour and service to God in the first place, and after God not to humanity immediately,…

— Antonin Sertillanges

“If Heaven actually exists, I don't need anyone to be my real estate broker. After all, what is religion but an attempt to sell…

— Quentin R. Bufogle

“I once again felt an odd flush of admiration for my partner's faith in a religion I had long ago abandoned. She doesn't advertise…

— Dennis Lehane

“True to the precepts handed down to her by her mother and grandmother—to wit: that a true lady can neither be shocked nor surprised—Miss…

— Agatha Christie

“There was to be nothing special about it, nothing that savored of a religious Order, no special rule, no distinctive habit. She, and those…

— Thomas Merton

“Yes. Do not steal their money. Do not take their wives and do not interfere with their religion.”

— S. A. David

“Although I never found a church where I felt completely at home again, I made a new home in the world. I renewed my…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

“Life after religion is a gift of happiness. I am at peace with the unknown.”

— Lauren J. Barnhart

“I mean those who cling to their own egos in their penances and external devotions, which such people regard as being of great importance.…

— Meister Eckhart

“Marina is a covenant-keeping disciple of Jesus Christ. Although she does not have a priesthood holder in her home, she feels God’s power each…

— Carole M. Stephens