We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.
Idol Quotes
Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.
The idol is the measure of the worshiper.
Man is a dog’s ideal of what God should be.
Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton.
Man cannot make a worm, yet he will make gods by the dozen.
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
From Sinai we have heard thee speak, And from mount Calv’ry too; And yet to idols oft we seek, While thou art in our view Some golden calf, or golden dream, Some fancied creature-good, Presumes to share the heart with him, Who bought the whole with blood. Lord, save us from our golden calves, Our […]
There are Idols which we call Idols of the Market. For Men associate by Discourse, and a false and improper Imposition of Words strangely possesses the Understanding, for Words absolutely force the Understanding, and put all Things into Confusion.
Idolatry is in a man’s own thought, not in the opinion of another.
