Fraternity And Christianity Quotes & Sayings

Christianity was preached just on the basis of the fascination of this fanaticism, and that is what made it so attractive to the Greek and the Roman slaves. They believed that under the millennial religion there would be no more slavery, that there would be plenty to eat and drink; and, therefore, they flocked round the Christian standard. Those who preached the idea first were of course ignorant fanatics, but very sincere. In modern times this millennial aspiration takes the form of equality--of liberty, equality, and fraternity. This is also fanaticism. True — Swami Vivekananda

The irony of Christianity is that believers get so angry, and self righteous toward other Christians who sin differently than they do. Christianity is like one large fraternity where brother and sisterhood is tested by hazing. — Shannon L. Alder

As a student of conservation biology, I believe that characteristics with survival value will ultimately prevail. There is no survival value in pessimism. If you think failure is inevitable, that view will probably become self-fulfilling. — Denis Hayes

If you're a writer there will come at least one morning in your life when you wake up and want to kill your agent. — Bernice Rubens

But Chinese civilization has the overpowering beauty of the wholly other, and only the wholly other can inspire the deepest love and the profoundest desire to learn. — Joseph Needham

In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. — Milan Kundera

... and her name was Freedom. — Pam Munoz Ryan

Just imagine dressing the two handsomest men in the world, and then getting this! — Edith Head

You're so damn perfect you shouldn't even exist. Just ... look at you. — Kahlen Aymes

Human rights did not begin with the French Revolution ... [they] really stem from a mixture of Judaism and Christianity ... [we English] had 1688, our quiet revolution, where Parliament exerted its will over the King ... it was not the sort of Revolution that France's was ... 'Liberty, equality, fraternity' - they forgot obligations and duties I think. And then of course the fraternity went missing for a long time. — Margaret Thatcher

The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired. — Winston Churchill

There are things in this book, as in life, that might upset you. There is death and pain in here, tears and discomfort, violence of all kinds, cruelty, even abuse. There is kindness, too, I hope, sometimes. Even a handful of happy endings. (Few — Neil Gaiman

You're all beautiful. And you shouldn't let anyone tell you otherwise. — Troye Sivan