A man with no sense of religious duty is he whom the Scriptures describe in such terse but terrific language, as living 'without God in the world.' Such a man is out of his proper being, out of the circle of all his duties, out of the circle of all his happiness, and away, far, far away, from the purposes of his creation.
— Daniel Webster (1782–1852), Staatsmann
Related Bible passage: EPH.2.12
Topics: Meaning & Identity, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: For Reflection
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (1782–1852) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist, Senator und Außenminister, der in Boston und Washington das Verfassungsverständnis der jungen Republik mitprägte. Bekannt wurde er als wortmächtiger Verteidiger des Erhalts der amerikanischen Union, geriet jedoch durch seine Unterstützung des Kompromisses von 1850 samt dem Fugitive Slave Act in scharfe Kritik von Sklavereigegnern. Für Bibelleser ist er durch Zitate präsent, die das Evangelium und biblische Grundwerte als unverzichtbares Fundament für Recht, Freiheit und Staatswesen hervorheben.
All quotes by Daniel Webster (13)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson