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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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The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of mens lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. – John Ruskin

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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

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To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely. – Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinthes, 1962

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Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it. – Søren Kierkegaard, Time, 1946 December 16th

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Teach us to give and not to count the cost. – Saint Ignatius

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