Figures Quote by Noam Chomsky

The secular university is scandalized by the claims of revelation. Those who have, for whatever historical reasons, become seekers-on-principle, cannot tolerate the allegation that…

— Louis Mackey

The universities only ought to turn out men who are experts in the Holy Scriptures, men who can become bishops and priests, and stand…

— Martin Luther

Most universities are no longer temples of knowledge, but of power, and true moderns worship there.

— Dean Koontz

The American intelligentsia has been pretty secular for a long time. There have always been figures like Oprah Winfrey, let's put it that way.

— Ross Douthat

Just because many modern academics are very secular does not mean that we should ignore those factors in earlier generations - and by that,…

— Philip Jenkins

Part of my life's thesis is that we live in a culture that has bought into the patently silly idea that there is a…

— Eric Metaxas

There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic…

— Emily Greene Balch

Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine: as churches and monasteries persecute youthful…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often made the…

— Tony Attwood

You can somehow get access to what is perceived to be a better school by either being religious or appearing to be religious. That…

— Alice Roberts

In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it…

— Richard Cobden

Nothing exposes religion more to the reproach of its enemies than the worldliness and half-heartedness of the professors of it.

— Matthew Henry