“There is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshiping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.”
Source: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary
Source: Let Me be a Woman
“Above and before all things, worship GOD!”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in The Sayings of the Wise: Or, Food for Thought: A Book of Moral Wisdom, Gathered from the Ancient Philosophers (1555) by William Baldwin [1908 edition]
Variant translation: Honor first the immortal gods, in the manner prescribed, and respect the oath.
Next, honor the reverent heroes and the spirits of the dead by making the traditional sacrifices.
Honor your parents and your relatives. As for others, befriend whoever excels in virtue.
Yield to kind words and helpful deeds, and do not hate your friend for a trifling fault as you are able. For ability is near to necessity.
As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999) ISBN 0-9653774-5-8
The Golden Verses
Richard Cecil (clergyman) (1748–1810) British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 537.
“Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.”
John Marks Templeton (1912–2008) stock investor, businessman and philanthropist
The Quotable Sir John
“We believe that nothing worthy of our worship would want our worship.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer
Source: Gibbon's Decline & Fall (1996), Chapter 18 (p. 401)
Andrew Collier (philosopher) (1944–2014) British philosopher
Source: "The Masters of Suspicion", p. 84