“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
“Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, book Eat, Pray, Love
Source: Eat, Pray, Love
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Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975) British historian, author of A Study of History
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Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book One: The Revelation of the Deity
“A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.”
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“That Religion may flourish upon its true Plan
Of Glory to God and Salvation to Man.”
John Byrom (1692–1763) Poet, inventor of a shorthand system
Source: Miscellaneous Poems (1773), A Paraphrase on the Prayer used in The Church Liturgy for All Sorts and Conditions Of Men, XII
Context: This short Supplication, or Litany, read
When the longer with us is not wont to be said,
Tho' brief in Expression, as fully imports
The Will to all Blessings, for "Men of all Sorts," —
Same brotherly Love, by which Christians are taught
To "pray without ceasing," or limiting
Thought; That Religion may flourish upon its true Plan
Of Glory to God and Salvation to Man.