Quote by Orson Scott Card

They won't be required to sacrifice anything in order to belong to your assembly. A religion that is all sweetness, but no light; all form, but no substance; all tradition, but no precept.

They won't be required to sacrifice anything in order to bel

Summary

This quote highlights the idea that within certain religious assemblies or communities, individuals may find it easy to belong without needing to make any sacrifices. The emphasis is placed on a religion that appears pleasing and comforting on the surface, filled with traditions and rituals, but lacks any meaningful substance or moral principles. It criticizes the notion that true spirituality or religious commitment should involve more than mere superficial gestures or appearances.

Topics

Religion Order Light Tradition Precept

By Orson Scott Card

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovel

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral.

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral.

Walter Lippmann

I would like to do something dark or small. I love independe

I would like to do something dark or small. I love independent films. I love emotional scenes. I love people who are struggling with something. I think it's just the juxtaposition to my incredibly happy, positive demeanor.

Shailene Woodley

Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst

Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.

I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to li

I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.

You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of

You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me.

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the d

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.

But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so

But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.

As soon as a religion triumphs it has for its enemies all th

As soon as a religion triumphs it has for its enemies all those who would have been its first disciples.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Religion Hypocrisy Disciples Followers

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinke

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.

Alcohol/alcoholism

Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sl

Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from somethi

Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?

Eric Allenbaugh