Quote by Lionel Blue
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion.

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. – Lionel Blue

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I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons cant be learnt in lecture halls. – Lionel Blue

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Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life. – Lionel Blue

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The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me. – Lionel Blue

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The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. – Emily Carr

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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. – Woodrow Wilson

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

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