“Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.”

—  Richard Cecil (clergyman)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 494.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart." by Richard Cecil (clergyman)?
Richard Cecil (clergyman) photo
Richard Cecil (clergyman)29
British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer 1748–1810

Related quotes

Joseph Story photo

“Here shall the Press the People's right maintain,
Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain;
Here Patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw,
Pledged to Religion, Liberty, and Law.”

Joseph Story (1779–1845) US Supreme Court justice

Motto of the Salem Register. Adopted 1802. Reported in William W. Story's Life of Joseph Story, Volume I, Chapter VI.

Samuel Adams photo

“He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all.
Our forefathers threw off the yoke of Popery in religion; for you is reserved the honor of leveling the popery of politics. They opened the Bible to all, and maintained the capacity of every man to judge for himself in religion.”

Samuel Adams (1722–1803) American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political philosopher

Speech in Philadelphia (1776)

William Ellery Channing photo

“I affirm, and would maintain, that true religion consists in proposing, as our great end, a growing likeness to the Supreme Being. Its noblest influence consists in making us more and more partakers of the Divinity.”

William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) United States Unitarian clergyman

&quot;Likeness to God&quot;, an address in Providence, Rhode Island (1828) http://www.americanunitarian.org/likeness.htm <br class="br">Context: I affirm, and would maintain, that true religion consists in proposing, as our great end, a growing likeness to the Supreme Being. Its noblest influence consists in making us more and more partakers of the Divinity. For this it is to be preached. Religious instruction should aim chiefly to turn men&#x27;s aspirations and efforts to that perfection of the soul, which constitutes it a bright image of God. Such is the topic now to be discussed; and I implore Him, whose glory I seek, to aid me in unfolding and enforcing it with simplicity and clearness, with a calm and pure zeal, and with unfeigned charity.

Om Swami photo

“Ultimately, it's not about meditation or belief in some scripture or religion, it's about flowing with the river of life, it's about living with compassion and gratitude.”

Om Swami (1979) Indian mystic

A Million Thoughts (2016)

Benjamin Disraeli photo

“Above all, maintain the line of demarcation between parties; for it is only by maintaining the independence of party that you can maintain the integrity of public men, and the power and influence of Parliament itself.”

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister

Source: Speech in the House of Commons (22 January 1846), quoted in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume I, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), p. 110

Steve Allen photo

“Allen, Steve. Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality (1990)..”

Steve Allen (1921–2000) American comedian, actor, musician and writer

References
Variant: Allen, Steve. More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality (1993)..

Lisa Randall photo

“Religion asks questions about morals, whereas science just asks questions about the natural world. But when people try to use religion to address the natural world, science pushes back on it, and religion has to accommodate the results. Beliefs can be permanent, but beliefs can also be flexible. Personally, if I find out my belief is wrong, I change my mind. I think that's a good way to live.”

Lisa Randall (1962) American theoretical physicist and an expert on particle physics and cosmology

The Discover Interview: Lisa Randall (July 2006)

Akbar photo

“Islam, like the other two religions of the Judaic family, is exclusive-minded and intolerant by comparison with the religions and philosophies of Indian origin. Yet the influence of India on Akbar went so deep that he was characteristically Indian in (his) large-hearted catholicity.”

Akbar (1542–1605) 3rd Mughal Emperor

A. J. Toynbee, One World and India, p. 19. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1999). Theory and practice of Muslim state in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 2

Marianne Moore photo

“I have been influenced by the Bible, Bach's music and contemporarily by Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Williams and Hopkins.”

Marianne Moore (1887–1972) American poet and writer

Letter to Miss Gray in 1936 in response for a biographical sketch. Reproduced in Marianne Moore - A Literary Life by Charles Molesworth, Macmillan, New York 1990

Siddharth Katragadda photo

“Religion is the biggest influence on the intellect and the decadence of a people.”

Siddharth Katragadda (1972) Indian writer

page 75
Dark Rooms (2002)

Related topics