“Sometimes I think these self-righteous labors are attempts to impress myself rather than sincere strides toward God.”

Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)

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American writer 1971

James Jones (1921–1977) American author

The Paris Review interview (1958)

“When we chant or say the General Confession we pray that hereafter we may live "a godly, righteous and sober life.” But I wonder sometimes if we are too sober. The impression made by the apostles was that they were drunk; intoxicated with God.”

Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976) English theologian

Source: The Christian Agnostic (1965), p.154

“I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with "expressing" myself with obscure creative impressions.”

Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman

Quoted in "The man behind 'The Magic Kingdom'" in The Gazette [Colorado Springs http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20050507/ai_n14625292/print (7 May 2005)]

“I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to William Ludlow (6 September 1824)
1820s

“You know, even more than playing chess, I dislike dealing with self-righteous chess players.”

Algis Budrys book Michaelmas

Source: Michaelmas (1977), Chapter 7 (p. 98)

“An unmarried person is half free whether he prays to God or not. He will advance towards Him with rapid strides when he feel a little drawn towards Him.”

Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna

Women Saints of East and West

“I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.”

Michael Moorcock (1939) English writer, editor, critic

Source: Elric: The Stealer of Souls

“Everyone is going toward God. They will all realize Him if they have sincerity and longing of heart.”

Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 423
Context: Truth is one; only It is called by different names. All people are seeking the same Truth; the variance is due to climate, temperament, and name. A lake has many ghats. From one ghat the Hindus take water in jars and call it "jal". From another ghat the Mussalmāns take water in leather bags and call it "pāni". From a third the Christians take the same thing and call it "water". Suppose someone says that the thing is not "jal" but "pāni", or that it is not "pāni" but "water", or that it is not "water" but "jal", It would indeed be ridiculous. But this very thing is at the root of the friction among sects, their misunderstandings and quarrels. This is why people injure and kill one another, and shed blood, in the name of religion. But this is not good. Everyone is going toward God. They will all realize Him if they have sincerity and longing of heart.

“Sometimes I think I'd rather be frightened than bored. At least when you're frightened you know you're alive.”

John Marsden (1950) author

Source: A Killing Frost

“I shall take leave to think the word, rather of the practice of the men than of the book of God.”

Robert Boyle (1627–1691) English natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

Treatises on the high veneration man's intellect owes to God: on things above reason; and on the style of the Holy Scriptures http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=PKEPAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false. p. 182

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