Quotes about Zeal

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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. — Carl Sagan
She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression. — C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will — Isaac Asimov, I. Asimov
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel. — Anatole France
Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. — Criss Jami, Healology
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable. — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. — Robert A. Heinlein
We didn't, after all, sing "Another One Bites The Dust" as the coffin was carried out; Hazel and the vicar had settled i — Danielle Hawkins, Dinner at Rose's
The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—It gives a lovely light! — Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles
Zeal was like gas, most dangerous when you could not see it. The wrong spark could light it at any time. — Frances Hardinge
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own — Joseph Campbell
Anyone who says he knows God's intention is showing a lot of very human ego. — Michael Crichton, Next
To be honest, one can only feel glad that so many modern iconoclasts consider Christianity to be full of exceptionally h — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political — Norman G. Finkelstein, Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left
That's what you get,' he said, nodding towards a group of the men engaged in some close-order military drill, 'when you — K.W. Jeter
During the Bosnian war in the late 1990s, I spent several days traveling around the country with Susan Sontag and her so — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
We all tend to make zealous judgments and thereby close ourselves off from revelation. If we feel that we already know s — Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
If you want to be successful, begin to work zealously and persistently — Sunday Adelaja
If our life is built on God’s standards and we are responsible and zealous for the things of the kingdom, then we will h — Sunday Adelaja