Prophecy/judaism

Famous quotes containing the words prophecy and/or judaism:

“A divine person is the prophecy of the mind; a friend is the hope of the heart.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Christianity is the religion of melancholy and hypochondria. Islam, on the other hand, promotes apathy, and Judaism instills its adherents with a certain choleric vehemence, the heathen Greeks may well be called happy optimists.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)