Whatever thing a man gets quickly enraged about is his idol, and whatever thing he makes his idol becomes his religion.
– Criss Jami
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- Their Bibles had become an idol before God. That the cross, as a symbol, was an idol, even their own self-image was an idol before God. – Trevor D Richardson
- I am an idol worshipper; for I understand what idol worship means, and the idolater does not. – Idries Shah
- If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back. – Tullian Tchividjian
- A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin. – Criss Jami
- If a man couldn’t control his beast, it could turn so violent that nothing could restrain it once enraged. – Eka Kurniawan
- If you hold on to what you want so tightly, it almost becomes an idol. – Joel Osteen
- Whoever ego motivates becomes an idol worshipper – Sunday Adelaja
- To esteem what makes you holy over what makes you happy – that is the greatest dare. – Criss Jami
- Every great man is an idol, an oracle of inquiry. Don’t aspire to know the former, but aspire to know the diety in his soul. – Michael Bassey Johnson
- The hated man is the result of his hater’s pride rather than his hater’s conscience. – Criss Jami
- At some point the future becomes reality. And then it quickly becomes the past. – Haruki Murakami
- Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Cynicism leads to despair, while fixating on the efforts that seemed to work in the past makes an idol out of spiritual states. – Monks of New Skete
- A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as ‘religion’ itself. – Criss Jami
- For what religion has never had sects? Rest assured, Extremism is always the derrière. – Criss Jami
- The Librarians control the information… They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power. – Brandon Sanderson
- The news can be poison to your soul, don’t let it kill your joy, be compassionate but not consumed. Be empathetic not enraged. – Rob Liano
- Always speak politely to an enraged dragon. – Steven Brust
- To be enraged with a dumb thing, Captain Ahab, seems blasphemous. – Herman Melville
- I follow many great religions. Body is my temple. Love is my religion. Peace is my religion. Happiness is my religion. – Debasish Mridha
- A mother’s lap is the strongest hub and school of each religion. In other words, the mother breezes and waves the religion since she is the religion. – Ehsan Sehgal
- Whatever makes you crazy is what you were created to crack. Whatever makes you sleepless is what you were born to succeed in. Don’t give up! – Israelmore Ayivor
- People don’t care about being duped as long as they’re happy, which is the shortest form of happiness; hence ‘self-duprication’ becomes a habit. – Criss Jami
- The more we love God, the more unpleasant sin becomes. – Criss Jami
- Lead’s erasing then vanishingBanished from whatever it is they’re drinking and it’s cleanedRunning from the pitcher as if it’s her fantasy – Criss Jami
- Four days will quickly steep themselves in nightsFour nights will quickly dream away the time. – William Shakespeare
- The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly. – John Patrick Hickey
- And though her husband will appear to come alive, she knows that it is lust – too quickly ignited and too quickly extinguished – that animates him. – Anita Shreve
- The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent’s position better than his opponent. – Criss Jami
- God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy’s lies. – Criss Jami
- When focusing only on one’s credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual. – Criss Jami
- The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain. – Criss Jami
- I pity the man who praises God only when things go his way. – Criss Jami
- No man voluntarily expresses his opinion without some intent to make a difference, and even if he does, he shouldn’t. – Criss Jami
- Only one kind of religion cannot give peace to everyone. Whatever -˜degree’ one is sitting at, that -˜degree’ of religion he requires. – Dada Bhagwan
- To fear man’s judgment more than God’s judgment is to fear man more than God. – Criss Jami
- Religion is a non-alcoholic man’s alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man’s religion. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A good story makes a journey go by more quickly. A really good story makes you forget you are even on a journey. – Lynne Rae Perkins
- Your love is as stable as you are: It’s not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them. – Criss Jami
- The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead. – Criss Jami