Piety Quotes

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.

Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the world, the new creation that cannot be contained in present thought or social order or piety.

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.

Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.

Faith is never identical with piety.

We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his "divine service."

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.