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Quote by John Ruskin
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true acti

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. – John Ruskin

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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. – John Ruskin

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It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – John Ruskin

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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. – John Ruskin

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It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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I dont have a religion. I believe in a God. I dont know what it looks like but its MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural. – Jennifer Aniston

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Not all religion is to be found in the church, any more than all knowledge is found in the classroom. – Author Unknown

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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish. – Barbara Walters

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