FastSaying

Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.


Lafcadio Hearn

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me
DWIGHT L. MOODY If the Bible is true, it needs no inspiration, and - if not true, inspiration can do it no good
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL It is very cold in Europe. The US is still quite mild but northern Europe is very cold.
BRUCE EVERS Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living.
ADI ALSAID [Speaking of inspiration, the Bible has long been a source of rich stories that emphasize the import...
HOLLY DAVIS Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
"That expression has never made sense to m...
LISA KLEYPAS This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
JOHN WYCLIFFE Love is the bond of perfection.
JOHN WINTHROP The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.
BILL MAHER I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than any other book
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data
HENRY MORRIS We tell every kid this isn't the Bible ? it's not the only way. But the way we taught things (at Mou...
JUSTIN SCHULTE But when you come to Heritage USA, remember to bring your Bible and your VISA card - because the Bib...
JIM BAKKER In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Wel...
HILARY CLINTON The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of m...
BRENDAN BEHAN I don’t like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found.
MARTIN BUBER The Bible is the Chief moral cause of all that is good, and the best corrector of all that is evil, ...
NOAH WEBSTER There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.
DWIGHT L. MOODY The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed
THOMAS PAINE My Grandmother told me that there was a passage in the bible that says, "It is better to spill your ...
A. WHITNEY BROWN Everyone loves the David and Goliath story, but if Goliath had slain David, it'd never have made the...
DAY ONE The things that you're liable to read in the Bible: it ain't necessarily so.
GEORGE GERSHWIN When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f...
GARY F EVANS... The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show yo...
HENRY WARD BEECHER Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON People will continue to commit atrocities as long as they believe in absurdities.
VOLTAIRE What happens in China and Vietnam is not only going to affect China and Vietnam, but it will affect ...
JAMES ADAMS From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life:
“In a slum somewhere in India
As...
THE PROPHET OF LIFE I am so, so alive.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sink the Bible to the bottom of the sea, and man's obligation to God would be unchanged. He would ha...
HENRY WARD BEECHER The Bible of Photojournalism
HAROLD EVANS The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very...
TROY PERRY There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking...
THOMAS PAINE I get lots of emails from Italians who love our product. We get requests from churches in the Bible ...
ALAN ADLER How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt.
ARTHUR HERTZBERG The real oppressor, enslaver, and corrupter of the people is the Bible
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL We would sit and talk about the Bible. We would sit and talk about opera. We would sit and talk abou...
JACK ABRAMOFF Our principal mission is to teach the Bible,
BARRY MCCARTY The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.
ELLEN G. WHITE The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's st...
THOMAS MERTON Thank God that the Bible cannot possibly be the word of God
DONALD MORGAN The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON We do our best to do away with ceremonial Christianity and do just what the Bible says. We're Bible ...
JOHN BATES The bible of urban planning.
JANE JACOBS The only objection against the Bible is a bad life
JOHN WILMOT (2ND EARL OF ROCHESTER) He restored the Bible to its people, he restored the people to the Bible.
SHIMON PERES The Bible said to take care of thy neighbor, so if I see my neighbor's house being broken into I wil...
BOB MASLING The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibilit...
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.
JOHN WESLEY The script is the bible. If you imagine setting off on an adventure in a canoe, the script is the st...
PAUL WILLIAMS So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confi...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's st...
THOMAS MERTON I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the w...
ELVIS PRESLEY The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL It is safe to say that every truth in the histories of those times (The Bible) is the result of acci...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL There were valid reasons for the Bible being unfamiliar to the masses originally. The medieval churc...
JAMES MCCLELLAND The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefl...
FRANCIS LOCKIER We've been careful to stay true to the Bible. We didn't want to alter its message in any way and we ...
GEORGE RODRIGUEZ We've been careful to stay true to the Bible. We didn't want to alter its message in any way and we ...
GEORGE RODRIGUEZ The Bible says the borrower is slave to the lender.
JAY CARTER In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions.
JAMES MCHENRY We must have read through the Bible two or three times.
MARK WILLIS I guess you can have an animated scene where you have a kid read from the Bible.
LEE MENDELSON It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did ...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE What happens in China and Vietnam is not only going to affect China and Vietnam, but it will affect ...
JAMES ADAMS Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ...
THE BIBLE A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
THE BIBLE Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you?
THE BIBLE If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
THE BIBLE Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru...
THE BIBLE Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma...
THE BIBLE A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
THE BIBLE Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come.
THE BIBLE And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom...
THE BIBLE And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a...
THE BIBLE But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ...
THE BIBLE Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
THE BIBLE A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
THE BIBLE Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
THE BIBLE Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of...
THE BIBLE When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre...
THE BIBLE For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their...
THE BIBLE The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is...
THE BIBLE So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri...
THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
THE BIBLE Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
THE BIBLE A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
THE BIBLE There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged...
THE BIBLE And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great te...
THE BIBLE Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see t...
THE BIBLE He who works his land will have abundant food.
THE BIBLE And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords...
THE BIBLE Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
THE BIBLE Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
ELIZABETH II We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed...
JOHN H. GROBERG When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices and a collection ...
THOMAS PAINE

More Lafcadio Hearn

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for...
LAFCADIO HEARN The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending East...
LAFCADIO HEARN French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; ...
LAFCADIO HEARN It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europ...
LAFCADIO HEARN Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man'...
LAFCADIO HEARN One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
LAFCADIO HEARN Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible th...
LAFCADIO HEARN The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of ...
LAFCADIO HEARN The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in w...
LAFCADIO HEARN At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and thi...
LAFCADIO HEARN It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in En...
LAFCADIO HEARN The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he...
LAFCADIO HEARN There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought ...
LAFCADIO HEARN There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorr...
LAFCADIO HEARN There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty t...
LAFCADIO HEARN It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapi...
LAFCADIO HEARN But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be ...
LAFCADIO HEARN But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the indiv...
LAFCADIO HEARN But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious val...
LAFCADIO HEARN For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the B...
LAFCADIO HEARN A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, p...
LAFCADIO HEARN As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral...
LAFCADIO HEARN To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver St...
LAFCADIO HEARN I feel like a white granular mass of amorphous crystals -- my formula appears to be isomeric with Sp...
LAFCADIO HEARN Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to A...
LAFCADIO HEARN In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time r...
LAFCADIO HEARN The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else...
LAFCADIO HEARN All good work is done the way ants do things, little by little.
LAFCADIO HEARN also in the boom of the big bell there is a quaintness of tone which wakens feelings, so strangely f...
LAFCADIO HEARN Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds...
LAFCADIO HEARN The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its de...
LAFCADIO HEARN I played hockey in the winter, and then I would play golf in the summer. But I always knew I'd b...
DAVID HEARN I do something that I don't think anyone else does. I warm up before a game. Baseball and basket...
CHICK HEARN We want revenge. We'll do anything to win.
TAMEKA HEARN These sometimes are the kind of things that cost lives … In this case, when we look at the number ...
LOYOLA HEARN He's not like some of the quarterbacks we had on those title teams, but he competes and gets the job...
DAVID HEARN We did get pushed around at times by Dover, but our kids are relentless. We have to be that way. We ...
DAVID HEARN From everything I have heard, this is the first time we ever beat Dover,
DAVID HEARN Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.
CHICK HEARN [The symptoms had started the year before. First was the cough that wouldn't go away. It was followe...
KEVIN HEARN We held hands and it took about an hour and a half for his blood to enter my system. His blood cells...
KEVIN HEARN We have a lot of young kids, but they are hard-nosed. I did not realistically think we would start t...
DAVID HEARN I am not made for despair
LIAN HEARN How can the department explain his department spending $42 million on travel and hospitality while C...
LOYOLA HEARN If a competent amateur can hold his nerve and get the rub of the green, of course it can.
BARRY HEARN If we were going to call it the 'poker million', we needed a million on offer. So last year, that's ...
BARRY HEARN It is going to cost me a fortune, but it's money I would love to spend.
BARRY HEARN Selling Japan gets rid of an irritation, but it does not make everything else ok. There's still plen...
ROBIN HEARN one ounce of revenue or gas flowing.
TIM HEARN How can the minister explain $42 million on travel and hospitality, while Coast Guard vessels were t...
LOYOLA HEARN Could the minister tell us where his priorities lie: searching for fishermen in distress or for empl...
LOYOLA HEARN We can send that size of a delegation to Estonia and the question is, for what? Why do we need 40-od...
LOYOLA HEARN Many of the students want to come back tomorrow. My hope is to introduce history to all of the stude...
DE HEARN It was a good education for the students.
DE HEARN We wanted the students to recognize and participate in the unique history of Wall. Students should h...
DE HEARN He's a load and runs hard inside. He's also one of our middle linebackers.
DAVID HEARN The kids have a mission this year. I'm not quite sure what that mission is yet, but they are ready f...
DAVID HEARN The attitude was so good at the end of last year,
DAVID HEARN We didn't have that team speed the last two years,
DAVID HEARN It was a hard-fought football game and closer than the score shows. We got a couple turnovers, and t...
DAVID HEARN As a team, we talked about starting the year strong. We thought 3-0 would be something fabulous for ...
DAVID HEARN The Henlopen South is loaded with playoff caliber teams. The division is as strong overall this year...
DAVID HEARN I always like to pretend two things: one, I'm sitting in the seat beside you watching the game t...
CHICK HEARN We're very proud of you. This is a little bit of a way that we can tell you how much we appreciate y...
DANNY HEARN We're not taking these losses lightly. We have to move forward and use these problems as opportuniti...
DANNY HEARN There are signs the economy is trying to turn the corner. It is very difficult for communities to ge...
DANNY HEARN But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world ...
LIAN HEARN That's the same kid that Ben's going to face in the first round of individual states. So he has to f...
IAN HEARN We have a really balanced team, a nice mix of veterans and young guys. They've worked extremely hard...
IAN HEARN Our kids came out and wrestled hard. They have their goals set and came out after them. The impressi...
IAN HEARN Berard is doing a wonderful job of building West up. He has some talented young wrestlers. They're g...
IAN HEARN You never know for sure what's going to happen when Central and West get together, but we have a mat...
IAN HEARN Back-to-back outright titles - it's pretty nice. It was one of our goals at the beginning of the yea...
IAN HEARN It's not fair to the people, ... The prime minister and cabinet are the ones that make all the decis...
LOYOLA HEARN These sometimes are the kind of things that cost lives … In this case, when we look at the number o...
LOYOLA HEARN This is pretty serious stuff … This is the kind of stuff that leads to major accidents,
LOYOLA HEARN When you're in your young 20s, you know you can play good golf into your mid-40s. That's a l...
DAVID HEARN When I got onto PGA Tour Canada right out of college, I was competitive more quickly than when I got...
DAVID HEARN You have to have fine motor control to make putts when you need them the most. That's why golf i...
DAVID HEARN Putting is an art. When you're not feeling confident on the greens, it will affect the rest of y...
DAVID HEARN The reasons that major champions are the best in the game is because they're able to keep golf a...
DAVID HEARN Some guys seem to jump right out and win tournaments, but for me, I've been the kind of player w...
DAVID HEARN I guess I never grew up. I was still reading kids' books in high school and college. I was alway...
MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN Samuel Marshak was one of the founders of modern Russian children's literature. Soviet children ...
MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN