Idol Worship Quotes

“If our sense of self, our values and our ideals, do not originate from within - but are instead largely influenced, shaped or fashioned by celebrated characters - we fall under the spells of idol worship without realizing we have 'souled out'.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“Blindly inheriting idols reflected how polytheism froze critical thinking. A stone statue might be designed to appear awe-inspiring, but its inherent lack of physical dynamism signified a stagnant worldview. The Qur’an repeatedly invokes the Arabic term for idol—sanam—literally, “frozen in time.”
― Mohamad Jebara, The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy

“There ain't half been some clever bastards”
― Ian Dury, Hallo Sausages: The Lyrics of Ian Dury

“One of the greatest mistakes we make is to idolize the artist rather than the art; the messenger rather than the message.”
― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

“Obsessively chases stars, but avoids being one... 'shine-riders'.”
― T.F. Hodge

“There are many idols but I would categorize them into three: heroes who are strong enough to lay themselves bare to the people and cowards who hide behind symbols and crafted figures. Then there is one who rules over them. They all love the same thing; praise and adoration. The question is, to whom does the glory belong to, really?”
― DON SANTO

“He looked like an idol consecrated to the gods of arrogance. Damned if I would bow.”
― Miles Watson, Cage Life

“Idol worship” is so deeply ingrained in the human brain synapses that it would be almost impossible to be bereft of it. And in absence of an external icon we are always going to look for it inside us. In fact, in many regions of the world this process is already in progress resulting in the pandemic of “self-admiration” and “self-deification” of our modern times.”
― Giannis Delimitsos, A PHILOSOPHICAL KALEIDOSCOPE: Thoughts, Contemplations, Aphorisms

“It's not enough, and so limiting, to teach the simplistic value of a designer's material wear. Give children the gift of values that will last far beyond [a] fad's temporal popularity.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“It’s not the image that you bow to, but it’s to the faith and feeling that remains true in your heart. And if you could relate to that internal feeling, then you can also relate to the immense universal consciousness outside the realm of your understanding, without the need to know or understand.”
― Shashi, Songs of the Mist

“Question: But I have heard people say that Buddhists worship idols.

Answer: Such statements only reflect the misunderstanding of the persons who make them. The dictionary defines an idol as ‘an image or statue worshiped as a god.’ As we have seen, Buddhists do not believe that the Buddha was a god, so how could they possibly believe that a piece of wood or metal is a god? All religions use symbols to represent their various beliefs. In Taoism, the ying-yang diagram is used to sym-bolize the harmony between opposites. In Sikhism, the sword is used to symbolize spiritual struggle. In Christianity, the fish is used to symbolize Christ’s presence and a cross to represent his sacrifice. In Buddhism, the statue of the Buddha reminds us of the human dimension in Buddhist teaching, the fact that Buddhism is human-centered rather than god-centered, that we must look within, not without to find perfection and understanding.”
― Shravasti Dhammika, Good Question Good Answer

“Denial that we’re living for some kind of ‘god’ is likely the best evidence we have that we’re dying because of some kind of ‘god’.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“When we are consumed with that thing we are waiting for, it's become an idol. As daughters of Christ and as ministry leaders, there's no place for idols in our hearts. God is pretty clear on that... God wants all of us focused on Him, not on what we are waiting for, whether it's a child, a ministry opportunity, or an escape. These are all good, but not if they take God off the throne of our lives. Not if they steal our hearts.”
― Jennifer Willcock, Whole: Hope for the Broken Pastor's Wife

“We have faces of notable figures printed on every currency in the world today. Isn’t that some form of idol worshipping?”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“Well, since we're bringing God into this, then explain to me how money can be evil when it says 'In God We Trust' on the American dollar?”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“Repent, turn from idol workship.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“20:4. statue. Pagan religion in the ancient Near East, as in Greece, was not idol worship. The statues of the gods and goddesses were icons, symbols that represented the deities' presence. They provided a direction for prayer, a feeling of awe, a sense of one's god's closeness. But pagans did not believe that the statue was the god.”
― Richard Elliott Friedman, Commentary on the Torah

“When there is a ‘collective concentration’ (consider it a form of Energy) gets focused at some Object, the Onject becomes a ‘source of Energy’.”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

“When there is a ‘collective concentration’ (consider it a form of Energy) gets focused at some Object, the Object becomes a ‘Source of Energy’.”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!