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Precepts Quotes (page 2)

Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety cannot be an instinct craving for a mess of metaphysical and ethical crumbs. Friedrich Schleiermacher
But we do believe in religion—at least for other people. It is a means of marketing hope, and of instilling ethical precepts on the cheap. It is also a form of discipline. Christopher Hitchens
Rejoice always in all events, be thankful always for all things is a hard precept for human nature, though in my philosophy and religion a perfect duty. John Adams
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. Washington Irving
Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. Gouverneur Morris
Dwight L. Moody quote: "A good example is far better than a good precept."
A good example is far better than a good precept. Dwight L. Moody
George Farquhar quote: "We love the precepts for the teacher's sake."
We love the precepts for the teacher's sake. George Farquhar
George Farquhar quote: "Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts..."
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake. George Farquhar
Denis Diderot quote: "There is no moral precept that does not have something..."
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. Denis Diderot
Rene Descartes quote: "The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I..."
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt. Rene Descartes
As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love. Edith Stein
Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow. Mary Wollstonecraft
James Cash Penney quote: "I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto..."
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps. James Cash Penney
We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man. Elias Hicks
All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. Noah Webster

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