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Piety Quotes

Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth Picture Quote #1

True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man’s convenience Picture Quote #1

Patience, piety, and salutary knowledge spring up and ripen under the harrow of affliction; before there is wine or oil, the grape must be trodden and the oil pressed Picture Quote #1

Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquility of soul. Hence it may be observed that those who set up piety as an end and object are mostly hypocrites Picture Quote #1

To the zealot overcome by his piety and to the journeyman of ideas concerned only with his marketable mental skills, the beginning and end of ideas lies in their efficacy with respect to some goal external to intellectual processes Picture Quote #1

Moral capitalism is possible; if not, its strictures are only a kind of misleading vanity, the rhetoric of a secular piety Picture Quote #1

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Piety’s hard enough to take among the poor who have to practice it. A rich man’s piety stinks. It’s insufferable Picture Quote #1

The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but in the sense of an intimate harmony with things Picture Quote #1

Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge Picture Quote #1

Yes, yes, children must early be made to practise piety, godliness, and propriety; a person of good breeding is one into whom good maxims have been instilled and impressed, poured in through a funnel, thrashed in and preached in Picture Quote #1

Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites Picture Quote #1

I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions Picture Quote #1

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Where the past is venerated the clean and those who clean things up should be kept out. Piety is never happy without a little dust, dirt, and rubbish Picture Quote #1

One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office Picture Quote #1

Have a sense of piety ever on your mind, and be ever mindful that this is subject to no change, but will last you as long as life and support you in death. Elevate your soul by prayer and by contemplation without mystical enthusiasm Picture Quote #1

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first Picture Quote #1

Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed Picture Quote #1

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman’s heart when it is the abode of piety Picture Quote #1

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Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death Picture Quote #1

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction Picture Quote #1

Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations Picture Quote #1

Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety Picture Quote #1

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety Picture Quote #1

There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them Picture Quote #1

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In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it Picture Quote #1

Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it’s love and love alone that really matters Picture Quote #1

It is proverbial, of course, that man never learns from history, and, as a rule, in respect to a problem of the present, it can teach us simply nothing. The new must be made through untrodden regions, without suppositions, and often, unfortunately, without piety also Picture Quote #1

The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly regarded as unsafe to draw any inference in favor of a man’s morals, from the fervor or strictness of his religious exercises, even though he himself believe them sincere Picture Quote #1

Time is short, your obligations are infinite. Are your houses regulated, your children instructed, the afflicted relieved, the poor visited, the work of piety accomplished? Picture Quote #1

This house will bear witness to his piety; this town, his birthplace, to his munificence; history to his patriotism; posterity to the depth and compass of his mind Picture Quote #1

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Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth (Piety Quotes) True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man’s convenience (Piety Quotes) Patience, piety, and salutary knowledge spring up and ripen under the harrow of affliction; before there is wine or oil, the grape must be trodden and the oil pressed (Piety Quotes) Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquility of soul. Hence it may be observed that those who set up piety as an end and object are mostly hypocrites (Piety Quotes) To the zealot overcome by his piety and to the journeyman of ideas concerned only with his marketable mental skills, the beginning and end of ideas lies in their efficacy with respect to some goal external to intellectual processes (Piety Quotes) Moral capitalism is possible; if not, its strictures are only a kind of misleading vanity, the rhetoric of a secular piety (Piety Quotes) Piety’s hard enough to take among the poor who have to practice it. A rich man’s piety stinks. It’s insufferable (Piety Quotes) The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but in the sense of an intimate harmony with things (Piety Quotes) Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge (Piety Quotes) Yes, yes, children must early be made to practise piety, godliness, and propriety; a person of good breeding is one into whom good maxims have been instilled and impressed, poured in through a funnel, thrashed in and preached in (Piety Quotes) Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites (Piety Quotes) I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions (Piety Quotes) Where the past is venerated the clean and those who clean things up should be kept out. Piety is never happy without a little dust, dirt, and rubbish (Piety Quotes) One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office (Piety Quotes) Have a sense of piety ever on your mind, and be ever mindful that this is subject to no change, but will last you as long as life and support you in death. Elevate your soul by prayer and by contemplation without mystical enthusiasm (Piety Quotes) For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first (Piety Quotes) Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed (Piety Quotes) Earth has nothing more tender than a woman’s heart when it is the abode of piety (Piety Quotes) Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death (Piety Quotes) I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction (Piety Quotes) Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations (Piety Quotes) Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety (Piety Quotes) Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety (Piety Quotes) There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them (Piety Quotes) In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it (Piety Quotes) Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it’s love and love alone that really matters (Piety Quotes) It is proverbial, of course, that man never learns from history, and, as a rule, in respect to a problem of the present, it can teach us simply nothing. The new must be made through untrodden regions, without suppositions, and often, unfortunately, without piety also (Piety Quotes) The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly regarded as unsafe to draw any inference in favor of a man’s morals, from the fervor or strictness of his religious exercises, even though he himself believe them sincere (Piety Quotes) Time is short, your obligations are infinite. Are your houses regulated, your children instructed, the afflicted relieved, the poor visited, the work of piety accomplished? (Piety Quotes) This house will bear witness to his piety; this town, his birthplace, to his munificence; history to his patriotism; posterity to the depth and compass of his mind (Piety Quotes)

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