What did Philip Rieff mean by: Religious man was born to be saved, psychological man is born to be pleased. - Philip Rieff Sociologist · USA Copy
+ Reason cannot save us, nothing can; but reason can mitigate the cruelty of living. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Rieff, Cruelty, 0 - Philip Rieff Sociologist · USA
+ Religion may have been the original cure; Freud reminds us that it was also the original disease. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Philip Rieff, Disease, Religion, 0 - Philip Rieff Sociologist · USA
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent. - Jeremy Taylor Clergyman · England
This is probably as bad a day as the court has had on social issues since Roe vs. Wade. - Jerry Falwell
Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics. - William J. Brennan Judge · USA
The love of life, at any and every level of development, is the religious impulse. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Religion, whatever it is, is a man’s total reaction upon life. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst. - William Jenkyn Clergyman · England
