Source: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782), Line 25.
“I regard [religion] as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
1930s, Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization? (1930)
“The Word of the Almighty and All knowing God is ‘the biggest gift’ and ‘a treasure.”
Jung Myung Seok (1945) South Korean Leader of New Religious Movement, Poet, Author, Founder of Wolmyeongdong Center
Extracted from Proverbs Blog https://providencepath.wordpress.com/2016/05/14/jung-myung-seok-the-word-of-the-almighty-and-all-knowing-god/
“Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.”
John Dryden book The Hind and the Panther
Pt. I, line 868.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
“In influencing write-ups, words seem to move despite residing still on paper.”
Suman Pokhrel (1967) Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist
<span class="plainlinks"> Foreword, 'Tales of Transformation: English Translation of Tagore's Chitrangada and Chandalika', Lopamudra Banerjee, (2018). https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DQPD8F4/</span> <br class="br">From Prose
“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”
Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation
Philip Doddridge (1702–1751) English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter
Published in 1755, Hymns: "Ye Servants of the Lord", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.
Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847) Scottish mathematician and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 497.
