Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Religion is life, philosophy is thought.... We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony. J. F. Clarke.

Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy, but a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement. Joubert.

Religion is not a dogma nor an emotion, but a service. R. D. Hitchcock.

Religion is not a doubt, but a certainty,—or 10 else a mockery and horror. Carlyle.

Religion is not a method, but a life. Amiel.

Religion is not an end, but a means. Goethe.

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty. Goethe.

Religion is nothing if it is not everything; if existence is not filled with it. Mme. de Staël.

Religion is the basis of civil society. Burke. 15

Religion is the best armour in the world, but the worst cloak. Bunyan.