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Idol Worship Quotes

These critics with the illusions they’ve created about artists - it’s like idol worship. They only like people when they’re on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again Picture Quote #1

Thus does a ‘necessary evil’ become an idol. Maybe we’re stuck with it. But do we have to worship it? Picture Quote #1

Despite the many iniquities that have found entrance into the practices of image-worship as it is in vogue now, I do not condemn it. Ay, where would I have been if I had not been blessed with the dust of the holy feet of that orthodox, image-worshipping Brahmin! Picture Quote #1

One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots Picture Quote #1

This external worship of images has, however, been described in all our Shastras as the lowest of all the low forms of worship. But that does not mean that it is a wrong thing to do Picture Quote #1

We may worship a picture as God, but not God as the picture. God in the picture is right, but the picture as God is wrong. God in the image is perfectly right. There is no danger there. This is the real worship of God. But the image-God is a mere Pratika Picture Quote #1

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Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol Picture Quote #1

I’m not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That’s one of the basic spiritual laws Picture Quote #1

My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don’t depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him Picture Quote #1

As for [Amiri] Baraka, he and I have disagreements. I mean, he becomes a demagogue when there’s an audience. He’s a nice guy in private. I mean I like the guy; he’s a terrific writer. I’ve published two of his books. Baraka is one of these fundamentalists who is prone to idol worship Picture Quote #1

We shall no more see our kind friends around us, or enjoy the conveniences of civilized life, or go to the house of God with those that keep holy day; but swarthy countenances will everywhere meet our eye, the jargon of an unknown tongue will assail our ears, and we shall witness the assembling of the heathen to celebrate the worship of idol gods Picture Quote #1

The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish Picture Quote #1

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Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain Picture Quote #1

Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others do it Picture Quote #1

Every idol, if you scratch it, is a mirror. We worship ourselves Picture Quote #1

Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit Picture Quote #1

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These critics with the illusions they’ve created about artists - it’s like idol worship. They only like people when they’re on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again (Idol Worship Quotes) Thus does a ‘necessary evil’ become an idol. Maybe we’re stuck with it. But do we have to worship it? (Idol Worship Quotes) Despite the many iniquities that have found entrance into the practices of image-worship as it is in vogue now, I do not condemn it. Ay, where would I have been if I had not been blessed with the dust of the holy feet of that orthodox, image-worshipping Brahmin! (Idol Worship Quotes) One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots (Idol Worship Quotes) This external worship of images has, however, been described in all our Shastras as the lowest of all the low forms of worship. But that does not mean that it is a wrong thing to do (Idol Worship Quotes) We may worship a picture as God, but not God as the picture. God in the picture is right, but the picture as God is wrong. God in the image is perfectly right. There is no danger there. This is the real worship of God. But the image-God is a mere Pratika (Idol Worship Quotes) Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol (Idol Worship Quotes) I’m not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That’s one of the basic spiritual laws (Idol Worship Quotes) My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don’t depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him (Idol Worship Quotes) As for [Amiri] Baraka, he and I have disagreements. I mean, he becomes a demagogue when there’s an audience. He’s a nice guy in private. I mean I like the guy; he’s a terrific writer. I’ve published two of his books. Baraka is one of these fundamentalists who is prone to idol worship (Idol Worship Quotes) We shall no more see our kind friends around us, or enjoy the conveniences of civilized life, or go to the house of God with those that keep holy day; but swarthy countenances will everywhere meet our eye, the jargon of an unknown tongue will assail our ears, and we shall witness the assembling of the heathen to celebrate the worship of idol gods. (Idol Worship Quotes) The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish. (Idol Worship Quotes) Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain (Idol Worship Quotes) Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others do it (Idol Worship Quotes) Every idol, if you scratch it, is a mirror. We worship ourselves (Idol Worship Quotes) Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit (Idol Worship Quotes)