Famous quotes containing the words fear god, fear and/or god:
“I stand for the heart. To the dogs with the head! I had rather be a fool with a heart, than Jupiter Olympus with his head. The reason the mass of men fear God, and at bottom dislike Him, is because they rather distrust His heart, and fancy Him all brain like a watch.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear feminism. They have stood in place so long that they are afraid to move. They fear change. They fear losing what little they have.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
““The stalk is withered dry, my love,
So will our hearts decay;
So make yourself content, my love,
Till God calls you away.””
—Unknown. The Unquiet Grave (l. 25–28)