Quotes about Opiate

Without concrete signs of divine presence in the lives of the poor, the gospel becomes simply an opiate; rather than liberating the powerless from humiliation and suffering, the gospel becomes a drug that helps them adjust to this world by looking for "pie in the sky.

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.

The helpless ecstasy of loosing himself in her charm was a powerful opiate rather than a tonic.

Human courage is an opiate but opiates are human too. If God is an opiate so am I. Therefore eat me. Eat the night