A great empire and little minds go ill together.
Edmund BurkeRead
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
Interpretation
Indifference undermines the value and significance of religious beliefs.
Edmund Burke highlights the danger that indifference poses to religion. When people become apathetic or indifferent towards their beliefs, it threatens the essence of faith and undermines the passion and commitment that often drive religious devotion. A lack of engagement can lead to a weakening of the moral and ethical foundations that religion provides, making it less impactful in society.
In practice
During a discussion on the importance of spiritual engagement, one could use this quote to illustrate the dangers of apathy towards faith.
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from β from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
My continent knows more about me than I do myself.
Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.
I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
Jesus took His flesh from the flesh of Mary
And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?
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