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Desiderius Erasmus

August 3, 2010 – 2:22 am
Posted in Christianity, Netherlands, Philosophers, Priests, Protestant Reformation, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Theologians
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“You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn”. –Desiderius Erasmus

Henry Liddon

“The life of man is made up of action and endurance; and life is fruitful in the ratio in which it is laid out in noble action or in patient perseverance”. –Henry Liddon

Theodore Dreiser

“If I were to personally define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstance”. –Theodore Dreiser

Apuleius

“Familiarity breeds contempt, but privacy excites interest”. –Apuleius

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“They think democracy — I used to say ‘damn the democracy’, because it’s not a stable government”. –Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Sri Aurobindo

“All fanaticism is false, because it is a contradiction of the very nature of God and of Truth. Truth cannot be shut up in a single book, Bible or Veda or Koran, or in a single religion”. –Sri Aurobindo