(1733 quotes found)
“This Greek idea of dualism is the problem deep down, this thing of having the spiritual on one side and the profane on the other. We are still grappling with this. Spirituality is a plus, sexuality a minus”
Father Mark Montebello
“I remember in Gozo villagers used to say one should have three altars: the Church, the word of God and the matrimonial bed. That showed there was no separation between the physical and the spiritual”
“It’s a pontifex, a bridge to the skies, in fact the Pope himself is called Pontifex Maximus”
“I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.”
George Carlin
“The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example”
Mark Twain
“We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?”
George Bernard Shaw
“A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”
Abigail Van Buren
“Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to the garage makes you a car.”
Dr. Laurence J. Peter
“One should not go into church if one wants to breathe pure air”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
