8 quotes about Idols

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

Lowell, James Russell

Even the people we most admire often feel inadequate.

Matthews, Andrew

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Selden, John

'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god.

Shakespeare, William

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone: the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.

Shaw, George Bernard

When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.

Tawney, Richard H.

Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of his idolatry.

Ullathorne, William B.

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.

Wordsworth, William