Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
Interpretation
Religion evokes a wide range of emotions, from anger to serenity.
This quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel emphasizes the diverse emotional responses that religion can inspire in individuals. It suggests that religion is not a monolithic experience but rather a complex interplay of various feelings, such as anger, pain, hatred, and humility, each illuminating a different aspect of human experience and belief.
In practice
In a discussion about the complexities of faith, one might use this quote to illustrate how religion can evoke both negative and positive emotions.
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