Clergyman's

“The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day.”
— Mark Twain

“Two hungry wolves let loose among sheep are not more harmful then a person craving after wealth and status is to his Deen (Religion).”
— Al-Haafidh Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbalee

“My reading of American religious history is that religion always functions best from the margins of society and not in the councils of power. Once you identify the faith with a particular candidate or party or with the quest for political influence, ultimately it is the faith that suffers. Compromise may work in politics. It’s less appropriate to the realm of faith and belief.”
— Randall Balmer