He, who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

He, who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Related topics

church end loving proceed sect truth

Related quotes

Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity. View quote
Saul Alinsky
The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to know what is, but to bring into existence that which is not yet. View quote
Jacques Maritain
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding "truth”: dogma, authority, and revelation. Science does find truth, faith does not. View quote
Jerry Coyne
Christianity is more than history; it is also a system of truths. Every event which its history records, either is a truth, or suggests a truth, or expresses a truth which man needs to assent to or to put into practice. View quote
Noah Porter
Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior. View quote
Ba Jin