Logo
Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preserv

Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged. – William Robertson Smith

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion. – Bill Condon

Category:
Religion

Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Category:
Religion

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. – Thurston Moore

Category:
Religion

Religions in the heart, not in the knees. – Douglas William Jerrold

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels. – Dierks Bentley

Category:
Travel

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesnt deliver the goods. – John Maynard Keynes

Category:
Success

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God. – Henry A. Kissinger

Category:
God

There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children. – Andrew Shue

Category:
Home