Church Quotes — Page 30

Writer

“[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on the altar, very reverently place, intensely there, is a dead kitten, an egg-shell, a bit of string.”

Light Church Eggs

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Felix Adler

Philosopher, Social Reformer

“The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.”

Church Sunday Maintaining

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Oprah Winfrey

Television host, producer, philanthropist

“I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.”

People Black Church

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Frank Carson

Comedian

“People in Northern Ireland vote for their church, they don't vote with their heads; it is ridiculous.”

People Church Ridiculous

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Lee Greenwood

Singer-Songwriter

“My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.”

Important Church Grandparent

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George Harrison

Musician, Singer-songwriter

“Through Hinduism, I feel a better person. I just get happier and happier. I now feel that I am unlimited, and I am more in control of my own physical body. The thing is, you go to an ordinary church and it's a nice feeling. They tell you all about God, but they don't show you how the way. They don't show you how to become Christ-concious yourself. Hinduism, however, is different.”

Feelings Nice Church

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Mariel Hemingway

Actress, Author

“I don't have to go to church. The church is within me and the experience is my own. It's my life experience.”

Church My Own Life Experience

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

“The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.”

Lying America Church

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Henry Adams

Historian

“There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum till the last atom of matter is reached; reflect and refine till the last element of thought is made clear; the church now knows with the certainty of science what she once knew only by the certainty of faith, that you will find enthroned behind all thought and matter only one central idea--that idea which the church has never ceased to embody--I AM!”

Ideas Church Atoms

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Henry Adams

Historian

“The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church.”

Church Century Servant

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Henry Adams

Historian

“The philosopher says--I am, and the church scouts his philosophy. She answers:--No! you are NOT, you have no existence of your own. You were and are and ever will be only a part of the supreme I AM, of which the church is the emblem.”

Philosophy Church Answers

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“The Church tries to fit Christ into it, not the Church into Christ.”

Trying Jesus Church

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