Famous quotes containing the words dog, fly and/or religion:
“To be, contents his natural desire;
He asks no Angel’s wing, no Seraph’s fire;
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky,
His faithful dog shall bear him company.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“true pleasure
Lives in measure,
Which if men forsake,
Blinded they into folly run and grief for pleasure take.”
—Unknown. Love Winged My Hopes and Taught Me How to Fly (l. 3–6)
“Since belief is measured by action, he who forbids us to believe religion to be true, necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if we did believe it to be true.”
—William James (1842–1910)