Worship Quotes - Page 24

• We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs, that it is the religion of the Affections which God particularly requires. Love, Zeal, Gratitude, Joy, Hope, Trust, are each of them specified; and are not allowed to us as weaknesses, but enjoined on us as our bounden duty, and commended to us as our acceptable worship.

  William Wilberforce

  Gratitude, Joy, Weakness

  William Wilberforce (2013). “A Practical View”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention our worldly goods. And yet paradoxically, they are the most vulnerable of human beings. Their suicide rate is eight times the national average. Their percentage of drug addiction is one hundred times higher And because they are painfully aware that they cannot live up to our expectations, their anguish is unquantifiably intense. They have aptly been called 'wounded healers.' " ~ Barney Livingston, M.D. (Doctors, 1989)

  Erich Segal

  Suicide, Doctors, Eight

  Erich Segal (2013). “Doctors”, p.9, Hachette UK

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• In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them.

  John Green

  World, Remember, Inevitable

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• The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Lying, Forgiving, Offensive

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.131, Google Publishing

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• What do you think Dimitri? Is this a good idea, Dimitri? Please give us your blessing so that we can fall down and worship you, Dimitri.

  Richelle Mead

  Fall, Blessing, Thinking

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.109, Penguin

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• Our attachments are our temple, what we worship, no? What we give ourselves to, what we invest with faith. . . . Attachments are of great seriousness. Choose your attachments carefully. Choose your temple of fanaticism with great care.

  David Foster Wallace

  Attachment, Giving, Care

  David Foster Wallace (2011). “Infinite Jest”, p.83, Hachette UK

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• Who doesn't have a friend who worships her lover with a passion that seems baffling to everyone that knows them? Before you met him for the first time, she'd talked him up like he was a cross between Indiana Jones, Barack Obama and The Doctor. When you finally meet him, he's a quiet little thing who looks like a baked bean in glasses, and actually says 'harumph' as spelt.

  Caitlin Moran

  Passion, Doctors, Glasses

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• Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Athlete, Self, People

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• In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.

  Rick Warren

  Attitude, Eden, Events

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.80, Zondervan

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• The longer a person has been dead the greater is the tradition... If Buddha is alive you can barely tolerate him... You cannot believe this man has known the ultimate because he looks just like you... Hungry he needs food, sleepy he wants a bed, ill, he has to rest - just like you... That is why Jesus is worshiped now and yet he was crucified when he was alive. Alive, you crucify him; dead, you worship him.

  Rajneesh

  Jesus, Believe, Men

  "When the Shoe Fits: Talks on the Stories of the Taoist Mystic Chuang Tzu". Book by Rajneesh, 1976.

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• What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We.

  Ayn Rand

  Knees, Shame, Submission

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.50, Xist Publishing

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• I was convinced that worship at its best is a social experience with people of all levels of life coming together to realize their oneness and unity under God. Whenever the church, consciously or unconsciously, caters to one class it loses the spiritual force of the "whosoever will, let him come, doctrine and is in danger of becoming a little more than a social club with a thin veneer of religiosity."

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Spiritual, Class, Oneness

  "A Martin Luther King Treasury".

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• To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Ignorance, Sacred, Mystery

  "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality". Book by Eliezer Yudkowsky, February 28, 2010 - March 14, 2015.

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• Because you do not believe?" "Oh, no," said Attolia bitterly. "Because I believe and do not choose to worship.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Believe, Said, Attolia

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• Sweetheart, all men are animals. Feed us, pet us, and use a firm hand, and we'll worship at your feet.

  Lora Leigh

  Animal, Men, Hands

  Lora Leigh, Jaci Burton (2010). “Nauti and Wild”, p.38, Penguin

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• Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives.

  Jerry Bridges

  Attitude, Heart, Humble

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.222, NavPress

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• Shura...are you...in love with me?" "Turn to me," Alexander said. She turned. "Tatia, I worship you. I'm crazy in love with you. I want you to marry me.

  Paullina Simons

  Crazy, Love You, Worship You

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• When I meet people, I no longer say "Hi, I'm Derek Landy, pleased to meet you." Now I say "Hi, I'm number one bestselling author Derek Landy. Worship me.

  Derek Landy

  Numbers, People

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• You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship.

  David Foster Wallace

  Inspirational, Graduation

  "'Plain Old Untrendy Troubles and Emotions'". www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2008.

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• Authentic love is obviously something good... When we love, we become most fully ourselves, most fully human... People often think they are being loving when actually they are being possessive or manipulative. People sometimes treat others as objects to satisfy their own needs... How easy it is to be deceived by the many voices in our society that advocate a permissive approach to sexuality, without regard for modesty, self-respect or the moral values that bring quality to human relationships! This is worship of a false god. Instead of bringing life, it brings death.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Life, Love Is, Self

  Pope Benedict XVI's Address at the Meeting with a Group of Disadvantaged Young People of The Rehabilitation Community of The University Of Notre Dame in Sydney, w2.vatican.va. July 18, 2008.

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• Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.

  Erich Fromm

  Life, Country, Peace

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Sane Society”, p.68, Open Road Media

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• We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate. Love is the key to the solution of the problems of the world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Hate, Ocean

  "The Quest for Peace and Justice". Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1964.

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• I do not love thee less for what is done,
  And cannot be undone. Thy very weakness
  Hath brought thee nearer to me, and henceforth
  My love will have a sense of pity in it,
  Making it less a worship than before.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Weakness, Done

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.895, Delphi Classics

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• Practice patience; it is the essence of praise. Have patience, for that is true worship. No other worship is worth as much. Have patience; patience is the key to all relief.

  Rumi

  Patience, Practice, Keys

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• Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now. Christian should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the strong.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Peace, Strong

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