Christianity
Quotes on Christianity
He was the Word, that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it, I do believe and take it,
John Donne (c. 1572-1631) English divine, metaphysical poet
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence fromJerusalem of a lunatic asylum.
Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) British psychologist
The idea of Christ is much older than Christianity.
George Santayana
Americanphilosopher, poet What if men take the following where He leads, Weary of mumbling Athanasian creeds?
Roden Noel (1834-1894) English Poet
Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.
Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) French philosopher
He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) English poet Christian:
One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American author
To make one a complete Christian he must have the works of a Papist, the words of a Puritan, and the faith of a Protestant.
James Howell (1594-1666) English diplomat, writer
Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan — spoiled.
Israel Zangwill (1861 -1926) British writer
The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.
Hotchkiss, Getting Married George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic
Most people believe that the Christian commandments are intentionally a little too severe— like setting a clock half an hour ahead to make sure of not being late in the morning.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danishphilosopher
The Eleventh Commandment Thou shalt not be found out.
George Whyte-Melville (1821-1878) Scottish author
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), British author
Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) German monk, mystic
“One loving soul,” says St Augustine, “sets another on fire.” Christianity can sometimes be caught no less than taught.
Arnold Lunn (1888-1974) British author
I reject Christianity because it is Jewish, because it is international and because, in cowardly fashion, it preaches Peace on Earth.
Field-Marshal Erich von Ludendorff (1865-1937) German chief-of-staff
Christianity broke the heart of the world and mended it.
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) British author
Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher
The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, Savours too much of private interest.
Edmund Waller (1606-1687) English poet
The Three in One, the One in Three? Not so! To my own Gods I go. It may be they shall give me greater ease Than your cold Christ and tangled Trinities.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) British author
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practised.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English author
