Quotes of: Christian-nation Keyword

What I admire about the modern atheist is not at all his logic, but rather his gift of imagination. There will always be the cartoon versions of Christianity further perpetuated by the extremist atheists who do not possess the humility to ask real sc...

Criss Jami

Would to God we were all Christians who profess to be Christians, and that we lived up to what we profess. Then would the Christian shine forth “clear as the sun, fair as the moon,” and what besides—why, “amazing as an army with banners”! A...

Charles H. Spurgeon

Mei: A rare beauty in the North. She's the finest lady on earth. A glance from her, the whole city goes down. A second glance leaves the nation in ruins. There exists no city or nation that has been more cherished than a beauty like this. A rare beau...

House of Flying Daggers

The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.

Ghanaian

There is one element in Christianity which was not borrowed from Paganism -- religious intolerance. Referring to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, a writer on China says: 'Between the followers of the three national religions there is not only a to...

The Christ

Tolkien came to regard the tale of Beren and Tinuviel as 'the first example of the motive (to become dominant in Hobbits) that the great policies of world history, "the wheels of the world", are often turned not by the Lords and Governors, even gods,...

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

There is perhaps some hope to be derived from the fact that in most instances where an attempt to realize an ideal society gave birth to the ugliness and violence of a prolonged active mass movement the experiment was made on a vast scale and with a ...

Eric Hoffer

Okay," Christian said with a great show at maintaining his patience. "So you can't dance. But you could at least talk to the woman." Julius frowned and avoided his gaze. "I am talking." "You aren't," Christian insisted. "You haven't said more than a ...

Vampire, Interrupted

To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching.

On Christian Liberty

The world is imperfect, but there are millions of perfect moments.

The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew--Three Women Search for Understanding

They say a woman's loyalty only lasts as long as it takes her to hang up and dial again.

Good Christian Bitches

I experienced one of the common miracles of the Christian life. Our spirits recognized each other.

God's Smuggler

Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

I love a woman in a tuxedo, or in a dress, who looks comfortable, relaxed, happy. I'd love to dress Daphne Guinness - she has exactly that attitude.

Stephane Rolland

What is the relation between Christianity and modern culture; may Christianity be maintained in a scientific age? It is this problem which modern liberalism attempts to solve.

John Gresham Machen

I never - you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.

Karl Lagerfeld

The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.

Vivienne Westwood

Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.

Vivienne Westwood

The future goal is the thing which produces character in the present.

After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

Virtue is what happens when habitual choices have been wise.

After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters