Quotes about Organized
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
— St. Augustine
Anytime evil becomes organized, its ferocity breathes the air of hell. There is nothing that can quench that fury. It cannot be stopped until it has accomplished its purpose. That is why hell is unending. Its nature is to burn on the inside, and no outward consolation or influence can change wickedness that is inflamed by numbers. The
— Ravi Zacharias
We can organize the church for acts of goodness such as caring for the poor and helping those in need. We know that this type of organized religion actually pleases Jesus.
— Dan Kimball
In fact, I've met countless believers who have said, "The church is an organism, not an organization." Yet as they formed those very words, they continued to be devout members of churches that were organized along the lines of General Motors and Microsoft.
— Frank Viola
Where is the glory of God? Just look around. Everything created by God reflects his glory in some way. We see it everywhere, from the smallest microscopic form of life to the vast Milky Way, from sunsets and stars to storms and seasons. Creation reveals our Creator's glory. In nature we learn that God is powerful, that he enjoys variety, loves beauty, is organized, and is wise and creative. The Bible says, "The heavens declare the glory of God." 1
— Rick Warren
A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always act on their feelings, and think it only right. The will is then left at the mercy of circumstances that evoke feelings. Christian spiritual formation today must squarely confront this fact and overcome it.
— Dallas Willard
As to the doubt of the soul I discover it to be false: a mood not a conclusion. My conclusion is the Faith. Corporate, organized, a personality, teaching. A thing, not a theory. It.
— GK Chesterton
Perhaps the True Self--and the full Christ Mystery (not the same as organized Christianity)--will always live in the backwaters of any empire and the deep mines of any religion.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency.
— Stephen Jay Gould
Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
— Elbert Hubbard
It hardly ever attaches to any other sin except one, and is never heard from any organized group of people except one.
— Peter Kreeft
Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.
— Carl Jung