- Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
‘Tis not the dying for a faith that’s so hard, Master Harry – every man of every nation has done that – ’tis the living up to it that is difficult”. - Quotes by Tertullian
“One man’s religion neither harms nor helps another man. It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion”. - Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts. There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. One God, one law, one element, And one far off divine event, To which the whole creation moves. The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And Godfulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer, Than this world dreams of. For so the whole round earth is every way, Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. Sink me the ship, Master Gunner – sinker her, split her in twain! Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain!”
- Quotes by Algernon Charles Swinburne
“Yea, is not even Apollo, with hair and harpstring of gold, A bitter God to follow, a beautiful God to behold? From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving, Whatever gods may be, That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river, Winds somewhere safe to sea”.
Tags: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Algernon Charles Swinburne, God And Religion, Tertullian, William Makepeace Thackeray
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