Quote by Matthew Arnold
The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but mor

The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. – Matthew Arnold

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Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled. – Matthew Arnold

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Belief
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Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly. – Matthew Arnold

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America
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Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances. – Matthew Arnold

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Culture
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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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Religion

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. – Edgar Allen Poe

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Religion

Im just confused as to where we lost that in America because it is everyones God-given right to think the way they think and thats fine. Thats why our ancestors came here to America, to believe what they want, pray how they want and follow a religion with whoever they want. – Angie Harmon

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Religion

I read Christopher McDougalls book Born to Run. If running were a religion, this would be its bible. I actually scribbled my favorite passages on my arm to read during the race. – Jennifer Carpenter

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Religion

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It is better to be a little mad than commonplace. – Victor Cherbuliez, Samuel Brohl and Partner, 1877, translated from French (trans

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Sanity

Seven days without laughter makes one weak. – Mort Walker

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[P]oetry… the spontaneous fusion of hitherto unrelated words. Such things must take place in your own head, by your own chemistry. – Marie Emilie Gilchrist (1893–1989), Writing Poetry: Suggestions for Young

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I may not be a great actress but Ive become the greatest at screen orgasms. Ten seconds of heavy breathing, roll your head from side to side, simulate a slight asthma attack and die a little. – Candice Bergen

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Sex