Danger Quotes - Page 24

• The perpetual danger which besets religion is that it may substitute gentility and aestheticism for prophetic insight and power.

  Georgia Harkness

  Religion, May, Substitutes

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• The great danger is that in the confession of any collective sin, one shall confess the sins of others and forget our own.

  Georgia Harkness

  Sin, Forget, Confession

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• Nature does not conquer the world to God. It never has. It never will. In America, with its vast abounding wealth, its grand expanse of prairie, its reach of river, and its exuberant productiveness, there is danger that our riches will draw us away from God, and fasten us to earth; that they will make us not only rich, but mean; not only wealthy, but wicked. The grand corrective is the cross of Christ, seen in the sanctuary where the life and light of God are exhibited, and where the reverberation of the echoes from the great white throne are heard.

  Richard Salter Storrs

  Mean, Rivers, White

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 522), 1895.

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• A mysterious fraternity born out of smoke and danger of death.

  Stephen Crane

  Mysterious, Fraternity, Born

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• For he that but conceives a crime in thought,
  Contracts the danger of an actual fault.

  Thomas Creech

  Faults, Crime, Contracts

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• Danger hides in beauty and beauty in danger.

  Belva Plain

  Beauty

  Belva Plain (2010). “Crescent City”, p.507, Dell

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• The danger in mysticism is that you push yourself too far into the nagual too soon. This is obsession.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Obsession, Push Yourself

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• No risk? Then no danger of losing and finally no thrill in winning.

  Sandeep Kumar

  Motivational, Winning, Risk

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• Today the great gift of God's Creation is exposed to serious dangers and lifestyles which can degrade it. Environmental pollution is making particularly unsustainable the lives of the poor of the world ... we must pledge ourselves to take care of creation and to share its resources in solidarity.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Environmental, Care, Today

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• In the last few years, race relations in America have entered upon a period of intensified craziness wherein fear of being called a racist has so thoroughly overwhelmed fear of being a racist that we are in danger of losing sight of the distinction.

  Florence King

  America, Race, Sight

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• The greatest danger of traditional education is that learning may remain purely verbal.

  Mirra Komarovsky

  Education, May, Traditional

  Mirra Komarovsky (2004). “Women in the Modern World: Their Education and Their Dilemmas”, p.271, Rowman Altamira

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• In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, and as a result we have witnessed remarkable material progress, but there has not been a corresponding increase in human happiness. There is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. Indeed, it might be said that there are now more problems and greater dangers than ever before.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Happiness, Knowledge, Technology

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.5, Tharpa Publications US

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• Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care.

  J. G. Holland

  Honor, Care, Evermore

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• Courage is defined as: the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from a chosen course of action. Many of today's world leaders have great courage: I wonder... would we be better off with cowardice?

  Joshua Fernandez

  Pain, Leader, World

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• The war industries in many countries and the enormous trade in weapons of all kinds generate corruption and fuel conflict throughout the world. The existence of an immensely powerful military-industrial complex constitutes a danger to democracy, both internationally and domestically, because it follows its own logic and operates independently of popular participation.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Country, Powerful, Military

  "Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred-Maurice de Zayas". July 01, 2013.

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• The danger lies not in the big ears of little pitchers, but in the large mouths.

  Ethel Mumford

  Lying, Ears, Mouths

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• I've always thought of this city as Disneyland for adults. ... There's no danger of Las Vegas expiring from an excess of good taste.

  Mary Jo Putney

  Vegas, Cities, Taste

  Mary Jo Putney (2000). “The burning point”

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• Nowadays, it is possible to perform various forms of Low-Impact listening via the telephone. The advent of technological advances such as computer games and online services (like ones that let you check stocks) have enabled Low-Impact listeners to endure family phone calls much longer than in the past. Dangers include mouse clicks, heavy typing, or a sudden loud buzzer that goes off when you have finished Boggle.

  Sandra Tsing Loh

  Past, Games, Impact

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• All reporters have a stripe of irreverence in their mental makeup. It usually keeps them from turning into toadies, a danger for those who associate, even in an adversarial way, with the rich and powerful.

  Carolyn Hart

  Powerful, Makeup, Stripes

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• To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play in the preparation for war. The number of shameful secrets keeps growing incessantly, boundlessly. How meaningless all censorship taboos become, and how meaningless the consequences for overstepping them, when your life is in danger.

  Christa Wolf

  Country, War, Play

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• What do I actually mean when I say 'delusion'? I mean the absurdity of the claim that the excessive atomic armament of both sides creates a 'balance of terror' that reduces the danger of war; that in the long run it even offers a minimum of security. ... Hence the cynical saying: He who strikes first will die second.

  Christa Wolf

  Running, War, Mean

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• [There are dangers in] the disposition to hunt down rich men as if they were noxious beasts.

  Winston Churchill

  Men, Rich, Beast

  Winston Churchill (1959). “Great Contemporaries”

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• Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.

  Niger Innis

  Gun, Keys, America

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• We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not infinitely dangerous. It's just dangerous, much as coal mines, petrol repositories, fossil-fuel burning and wind turbines are dangerous.

  David J. C. MacKay

  Wind, Feet, Nuclear

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• You want a love that consumes you, you want passion and adventure and even a little danger.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Passion, Adventure, Vampire

  FaceBook post by Ian Somerhalder from Sep 17, 2012

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