Quote by William Blake
Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. – William Blake

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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in their way. – William Blake

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Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street. – William Blake

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Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good… There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness. – Jonathan Sacks

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If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way. – Thomas Aquinas

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Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior? – James Donovan

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In general, the churches, visited by me often on weekdays… bore for me the same relation to God that billboards did to Coca-Cola; they promoted thirst without quenching it. – John Updike, A Month of Sundays, 1975

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