[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue … - David Hume - Quotesmemo.com

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Canada can be tough for urban music.

Popular Topics

Perfect Love, Stories, Inspire, Identity, Lives, Teacher, Alien, Knowledge, Girl, Period, Flower, Amazing Music, Guru, Wonderful, Important, Leadership, Town, Body, Gold, Kindness, Success, Kind, Feeling, New York, Willing, Evidence, Beach, Thinking, Goodbye, Dress, Positive, Philosophy, Stage, Private Life, Angry, Fly, Quite, Funny, Love You, Dream, Ideas, Living My Life, Air, Feelings, Humble, Oceans, Technical, Loves, Religion, Pleasures Of Life

David Hume

[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.

Atheism, Character, Distinct, Morals, Priests, Religion

Same Author Quotes

No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and to receive by communication their inclinations and sentiments, however different from, or even contrary to our own.

Communication, Different, Human, Propensity, Quality, Sympathize

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.

Army, Glory, Government, Interest, Patriotism, Tyranny

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.

Establish, Falsehood, Miracle, Reality, Religious, Sufficient

Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true sources of enthusiasm.

Ignorance, Indignation, Presumption, Pride, Together

Liberty of thinking, and of expressing our thoughts, is always fatal to priestly power, and to those pious frauds on which it is commonly founded.

Fatal, Founded, Fraud, Liberty, Thinking

Similar Quotes

Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine

I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.

Free Will, God, Grace, Laboured, Man, Men

John Yudkin

John Yudkin

I did not agree. . to having my article censored. . . . The published report of the conference gives my name as a participant, but you will not find in it the paper I read. . . . Scientists as a group are no more, and no less, influenced by emotional and irrational reactions than other people are.

Dark, Emotional, Name, Names, Published, Read

Tom Waits

Tom Waits

slept all night in the cedar grove, i was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin' for the holy grail, but there ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails

Grail, Holy, Holy Grail, Men, Night, Ridin

Melanie Fiona

Melanie Fiona

Canada can be tough for urban music.

Canada, Music, Tough, Urban, Urban Music

Tim DeKay

Tim DeKay

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

Baseball, High, Know, Played, Player, School