Quote by Charles Eastman
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees. – Charles Eastman

Other quotes by Charles Eastman

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church. – Charles Eastman

Category:
Religion
Read Quote

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. – Charles Eastman

Category:
Religion
Read Quote

The first missionaries, good men imbued with the narrowness of their age, branded us as pagans and devil-worshipers, and demanded of us that we abjure our false gods before bowing the knee at their sacred altar. – Charles Eastman

Category:
Evangelism
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

I dont call myself a Buddhist. Im a free spirit. I believe Im here on earth to admire and enjoy it thats my religion. – Alice Walker

Category:
Religion

Some people would have us love, or rather obey God, chiefly because he outbids the devil. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

Category:
Religion

I dont practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation. – Simon Callow

Category:
Religion

One should not stand at the foot of a sick persons bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel. – Jewish Folk Saying

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it. – Elder Cloward

Category:
Sacrifice

History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened. – Elias Canetti, The Human Province

Category:
History

The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls. – Black Elk

Category:
Time

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. – Homer, Iliad

Category:
Adversity