Religion Quote by Richard von Krafft-Ebing

“The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It begins in the mind and may be…

— A.W. Tozer

The idol is the expression of religion.

— Swami Vivekananda

“In itself, every idea is neutral, or should be; but man animates ideas, projects his flames and flaws into them; impure, transformed into beliefs,…

— Emil Cioran

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

— James Russell Lowell

“Symbology and ritual, at best, can only mimic the Truth ... and cannot, and never has had, any mastery over the manifestations of Divinity.”

— Gabriel Brunsdon

“Called to responsibility and authority within and over the creation, humans have turned their vocation upside down, giving worship and allegiance to forces and…

— N.T. Wright

“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

“The absolutely alienated individual worships at the altar of an idol, and it makes little difference by what names this idol is known.”

— Erich Fromm

Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples, or churches or books, are only the supports, the help of his…

— Swami Vivekananda

I won't put my ignorance on an altar and call it God. It feels like idolatry, like the worst kind of idolatry.

— Robert Charles Wilson

“A believer is drawn into idolatry when he allows his heart to be stirred with discontentment and looks for satisfaction outside of obedience to…

— John Bevere

“As God was expunged from American life, idols came in to fill the void; idols of sensuality, idols of greed, of money, of success,…

— Jonathan Cahn