Pietism Quotes

#1. The mad fucker just laughed that insane laugh and pulled his sword out of his ass. Zeus, now afflicted with acute pietism, gasped and asked him to do that again. Jupiter slapped him to to the ground, and yelled for him to get his priorities in order.

Kevin Hearne

#2. The purely emotional form of Pietism is, as Ritschl has pointed out, a religious dilettantism for the leisure class.

Max Weber

#3. The goal in Pietism was the service of God in ministry to the world

Donald G. Bloesch

#4. There is a gap between our love for the gospel and our love for godliness. This must change. It's not pietism, legalism, or fundamentalism to take holiness seriously. It's the way of all those who have been called to a holy calling by a holy God.

Kevin DeYoung

#5. Prayer and action ... can never be seen as contradictory or mutually exclusive. Prayer without action grows into powerless pietism, and action without prayer degenerates into questionable manipulation.

Henri Nouwen

#6. And I already have a strong urge to devour you.

Christina Lauren

#7. God. Love. People use words all the time. Doesn't mean they agree on their meaning. It doesn't mean they've thought through what they mean when they use them.

Various

#8. And here I, her own father, here I took thirty copecks of that money for a drink! And I am drinking it! And I have already drunk it!

Anton Chekhov

#9. Son, can you play me a memory. I'm not really sure how it goes. It was sad and it was sweet and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes.

Billy Joel

#10. Miffed, I poked him in the chest. 'You think you know everything?'
His hands caressed my back. 'Not everything, but some things. I knew without a doubt I'd fallen in love when we met. Then I knew I'd do anything to make you feel the same way.

Jeaniene Frost

#11. As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.

Anita Shreve

#12. Without alcohol I'd be richer by two million dollars that went to pay lawyer's fees.

Grace Slick

#13. All right, Jeffy. Here are some big-boy pants. Put 'em on and crank out fifty miles for me. By the way, the iPod only has one playlist on it. Press play when you leave the starting line, okay?

Jordan Sonnenblick

#14. As your value and your contribution increases, so do your pockets

Jason Taylor

#15. But for goodness sake, Frank - forget you're an engineer, and simply enjoy the view.

Arthur C. Clarke