Testament Quotes

“The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. It has been the most dishonourable belief against the character of the divinity, the most destructive to morality, and the peace and happiness of man, that ever was propagated since man began to exist. It is better, far better, that we admitted, if it were possible, a thousand devils to roam at large, and to preach publicly the doctrine of devils, if there were any such, than that we permitted one such impostor and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God in his mouth, and have credit among us.

Whence arose all the horrid assassinations of whole nations of men, women, and infants, with which the Bible is filled; and the bloody persecutions, and tortures unto death and religious wars, that since that time have laid Europe in blood and ashes; whence arose they, but from this impious thing called revealed religion, and this monstrous belief that God has spoken to man? The lies of the Bible have been the cause of the one, and the lies of the Testament of the other.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was impossible that twelve men could begin with the sword: they had not the power; but no sooner were the professors of Christianity sufficiently powerful to employ the sword than they did so, and the stake and faggot too; and Mahomet could not do it sooner. By the same spirit that Peter cut off the ear of the high priest's servant (if the story be true) he would cut off his head, and the head of his master, had he been able. Besides this, Christianity grounds itself originally upon the [Hebrew] Bible, and the Bible was established altogether by the sword, and that in the worst use of it — not to terrify, but to extirpate. The Jews made no converts: they butchered all. The Bible is the sire of the [New] Testament, and both are called the word of God. The Christians read both books; the ministers preach from both books; and this thing called Christianity is made up of both. It is then false to say that Christianity was not established by the sword.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“What is it the Bible teaches us? — repine, cruelty, and murder. What is it the Testament teaches us? — to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married; and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“I have shown in all the foregoing parts of this work that the Bible and Testament are impositions and forgeries; and I leave the evidence I have produced in proof of it to be refuted, if any one can do it; and I leave the ideas that are suggested in the conclusion of the work to rest on the mind of the reader; certain as I am that when opinions are free, either in matters of govemment or religion, truth will finally and powerfully prevail.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“As to the fragments of morality that are irregularly and thinly scattered in those books [the Bible], they make no part of this pretended thing, revealed religion. They are the natural dictates of conscience, and the bonds by which society is held together, and without which it cannot exist; and are nearly the same in all religions, and in all societies. The Testament teaches nothing new upon this subject, and where it attempts to exceed, it becomes mean and ridiculous. When it is said, as in the Testament, 'If a man smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also,' it is assassinating the dignity of forbearance, and sinking man into a spaniel.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth." -”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

“I went closer this time and touched him. He let out a deafening shriek, as if something had pierced into his heart. I held his hand and sat there, admiring the intricate network of life on them. The creases and folds in his body were testament to the cruelty that he had been subjected to in this world. The watery eyes screamed of the pain, the agonising wait to leave this godforsaken place forever, that had given him nothing but pleadings for mercy.”
― Ashay Abbhi

“In life you’ll face difficulties that postpone some of your dreams. Regardless, life goes fast by reminding us youth is finite and old age is stable. So you mustn’t stop dreaming and running while your strength is yet tough.”
― Darmie Orem

“World praises the amalgamation of conscious & unconscious, History is the testament.”
― Shreyansh Jaiswal

“A will can save one’s family from being put into a quagmired pit of legal conundrum, in case of death (which may even be untimely).”
― Henrietta Newton Martin

“Don't use your past history as an excuse to be miserable. Use your past as a testament to show the world just how far you have come.”
― Miya Yamanouchi

“The difference between the old Testament and the new testament is that God doesn’t want sacrifices anymore”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Zijn testament was een puinhoop. De familie leek tijdens de verdeling op een etnisch conflict op de Balkan.”
― Tommy Wieringa, Dit is mijn moeder

“If you have no contentment, you are poor even though you may be wealthy.
for the mind of a miser is never satisfied.
Those who are content are truly the richest.
Even if they have little, their minds are filled with happiness.

—Stainless Light, the testament of Drimé Özer”
― Longchen Rabjam, The Life of Longchenpa: The Omniscient Dharma King of the Vast Expanse

“I die with a joyful heart in the knowledge of our infinite achievements and of a contribution unique in the history that bears my name.”
― Adolf Hitler

“World praises the amalgamation of unconscious & conscious, History is the testament.”
― Shreyansh Jaiswal

“If your are an expatriate, a 'will' is required because, the laws of the country in which you reside would be different from that of your home country, and when the inevitable (death) occurs (untimely), your property /possessions may be exposed to the discretion of the state laws for the allocation of your property to someone, you may have never wished that they possess your property and be an heir to your assets.”
― Henrietta Newton Martin

“What I got in life that can't be probated I reckon I'll have to take with me. Mostly that is my thankful recollections of all the folks who crossed my trail since I shed my first tears in the year of 1880. Sometimes I had to look hard to find God in them, but most times I found Him. Usually it turned out to be easier to find than I had figured," Sheriff Bud Smith.”
― James Hickey, Charity's Stone

“Marshall wished he knew what to call her, wished he could memorialize her somehow. There was dignity in eulogies, in little ribbons tied to trees, in a name.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Our lives are testament to the choices that we make!”
― Avijeet Das

“The testament of a man lies not in the magnitude of possessions and property left to his heirs, but the reach of his legacy long after his death.” Theo Phillips”
― T.M. Brown, Testament: An Unexpected Return

“If I were in the United Kingdom during COVID-19, I would be writing my last will and testament.”
― Steven Magee

“Keep calm and write your last will and testament.”
― Steven Magee

“You’re a Marzano, that’s enough. You are testament to a union made decades ago, between Vitellis in Brooklyn and Marzanos in Sicily. For over twenty years, we’ve done what we could to keep that tie strong. We’ve made sacrifices.” The fire popped behind him, but he didn’t flinch. “What would you do for your family, Pia?”
― Abigail C. Edwards, And We All Bled Oil

“This is a testament to what we already know to be true: we belong to the earth, and she belongs to us too.”
― Kat Armas, Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture

“Your results are testaments of your actions, not your promises.”
― Isaac Mashman

“No testament is full testament, gospel supreme is mind indivisible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Voor mijn ouders is het album met de plaatjes
die zo vals getuigen van een blijde jeugd.
Maar ze tonen niet de zouteloze praatjes
die een kind opvoeden in eer en deugd.
En verder krijgen ze alle dwaze dingen
terug die ze mij te veel geleerd hebben die tijd.
Ze kunnen mij tenslotte ook niet dwingen
groot te worden zonder diep berouw en spijt.”
― Boudewijn de Groot

“This power had struck John, in the head or in the heart; and, in a moment, wholly, filling him with an anguish that he could never in his life have imagined, that he surely could not endure, that even now he could not believe, had opened him up; had cracked him open, as wood beneath the axe cracks down the middle, as rocks break up; had ripped him and felled him in a moment, so that John had not felt the wound, but only the agony, had not felt the fall, but only the fear; and lay here, now, helpless, screaming, at the very bottom of darkness.”
― James Baldwin, Go Tell it on the Mountain (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin (4-Oct-2001) Paperback