Quote by Benjamin Franklin

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.


I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is

Summary

This quote suggests that true religion or spirituality suffers when adherence to orthodox beliefs surpasses the importance of living a virtuous life. The speaker believes that focusing on doctrines and beliefs alone is insufficient. According to the scriptures, the ultimate judgment will be based on actions rather than mere thoughts. In essence, the quote emphasizes the significance of embodying goodness and moral behavior, rather than prioritizing rigid adherence to religious dogmas or ideologies.

Topics

Religion
By Benjamin Franklin
Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Power is not a means; it is an end....Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as it refines itself....The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. Everything else we shall destroy - everything.... No one dares trust a wife or a child or a friend any longer. But in the future there will be no wives and no friends....We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now. There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science.... There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always - do not forget this, Winston - always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless....If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

George Orwell, 1984