Vol. II, Ch. V Aphorisms and Extracts, p. 72.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872) German philosopher and anthropologist
Lecture XX, see [Lectures on the Essence of Religion, Harper & Row, New York, 1967, 187, Transl. Ralph Manheim] German: [Vorlesungen über das Wesen der Religion, Wigand, Leipzig, 1851, 241] <br class="br"> Lectures on the Essence of Religion http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/feuerbach/works/lectures/index.htm (1851)
“First, a man is created in his own image, and only afterwards in the image of God.”
Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787–1859) Polish rabbi
As quoted in Leaping Souls : Rabbi Menachem Mendel And The Spirit Of Kotzk (1993) by Chaim Feinberg
Variant translation: Man must "guard himself and his uniqueness, and not imitate his fellow … for initially man was created in his own image, and only afterwards in the image of God.
“Man made God in his own image…”
Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer
Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
Morris West (1916–1999) Australian writer
The Heretic (1968)
“Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
“God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image."”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) English dramatist and writer
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 257.
“No man can adequately reach and explain a single word of God with all his words”
Brennan Manning (1934–2013) writer, American Roman Catholic priest and United States Marine
