Worship Quotes - Page 33

• The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Art, Government, Idols

  Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Idolatry"

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• In every ascetic morality man worships a part of himself as God and for that he needs to diabolize the other part.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  God, Men, Needs

  Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale (1996). “Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”, p.74, Cambridge University Press

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• Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan of the holy Author of our religion...No man shall be compelled to frequent or support religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Men, Justice Of God

  Thomas Jefferson (1998). “Thomas Jefferson: His Words and Vision”, p.16, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name, or goods, for mere speculative opinions, or his external way of worship? Do you love truth for truth's sake; and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Thinking, Names, Body

  Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• Man represses the irrational passions of destructiveness, hate, envy, revenge; he worships power, money, the sovereign state, the nation; while he pays lip service to the teachings of the great spiritual leaders of the human race, those of Buddha, the prophets, Socrates, Jesus, Mohammed-he has transformed these teachings into a jungle of superstition and idol-worship. How can mankind save itself from destroying itself by this discrepancy between intellectual-technical overmaturity and emotional backwardness?

  Erich Fromm

  Spiritual, Jesus, Revenge

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.11, Open Road Media

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• There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.

  Marquis de Sade

  Kind, Pleasure, Sacrilege

  Sade (marquis de), Marquis de Sade (1987). “The 120 days of Sodom and other writings”, Grove Pr

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• There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is a barbarian.

  Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

  Names, Barbarians, Fool

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• There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god is a scoundrel. He who worships god is a barbarian.

  Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

  Barbarians, Fool, Scoundrels

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• Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our Lord's sweet hand square us and hammer us and strike off the knots of pride self-love and world-worship and infidelity that He may make us stones and pillars in His Father's house.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Sweet, Father, Pride

  Samuel Rutherford, Hamilton Smith (2008). “Extracts from the Letters of Samuel Rutherford”, p.49, Scripture Truth

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• I'd rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God.

  Desmond Tutu

  Hell, Homophobic, Go To Hell

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• Your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, 'I can't do that right now; this is my time alone with God.' No, this is your time alone with your habit.

  Oswald Chambers

  Faith, Christian, Prayer

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.37, Discovery House

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• It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as a vehicle for achieving all of that. Like, if you give a tithe, He'll make you rich. Why? Are you hacking Him off or something? If you give a tithe, you get rid of ten percent of the root of all evil. You should be giving ninety percent. Cause God can handle money better than we can.

  Rich Mullins

  Jesus, Thinking, Roots

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• The Christian Sunday should be a festival, gathering up all the life of the week and offering it to God in worship and then spending the day in a way which most truly promotes joy and happiness and refreshment for oneself and for other people.

  Olive Wyon

  Happiness, Christian, Sunday

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• Our adversaries, numerous and formidable, will say, and will have the right to say, that our Principe CrÇateur is identical with the Principe GÇnÇrateur of the Indians and Egyptians, and may fitly be symbolized as it was symbolized anciently, by the linage...To accept this in lieu of a personal God is to abandon Christianity and worship of Jehovah and return to wallow in the styles of Paganism.

  Albert Pike

  Style, May, Paganism

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• The greatest resource a worship leader has is his relationship with his wife.

  Cliff Barrows

  Christian, Wife, Leader

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• More love, more power, more of You in my life. I will worship You with all of my heart, I will worship You with all of my mind, I will worship You with all of my strength, for You are my Lord.

  Michael W. Smith

  Christian, Heart, Worship You

  FaceBook post by Michael W. Smith from Jun 14, 2012

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• To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals and standards that it has lost its ability to stem the tide of crime, deception and immorality that is sweeping the nation. For millions of church members there is no deep commitment to the cause of Christ, no regularity of attendance at public worship, no sacrificial giving, no personal religious discipline.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Religious, Commitment

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• What can God have that gives him greater satisfaction than that a thousand times a day all his creatures should thus pause to withdraw and worship him in the heart.

  Brother Lawrence

  Christian, Heart, Giving

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• Worship seals all prayers at the front and at the back. Always pray with praise beginning and praise ending.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Prayer, Praying

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• Nobody can call himself a Christian who does not worship Jesus.

  John Stott

  Christian, Wisdom, Jesus

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• There is a direct correlation between your appreciation of what Christ has done for you and the expression of worship

  Louie Giglio

  Christian, Appreciation, Expression

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• Worship is an endeavor to bring to God that which costs you something.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Cost, Endeavor

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• If what we worship fail us, still the fire burns on, and it is much to have believed.

  Amy Lowell

  Fire, Belief, Failing

  Amy Lowell (2009). “A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass”, p.63, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.

  Ted Lange

  Faith, Encouragement, Thinking

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• Worship power - you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever ore power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart - you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.

  David Foster Wallace

  Stupid, Smart, Feelings

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

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