Sacred Heart o' Jesus, take away our hearts o' stone, and give us hearts o'flesh! Take away this murdherin' hate, an'give usThine own eternal love!

-OŁ    Bruadair, Da¤ i bh|¤  dh
  JUNO:1924  Juno and the Paycock, act 3.

Il est non seulement impossible, mais inutile de conna|"tre Dieu sans Je¤  sus-Christ. It is not only impossible, but also useless to recognize God without Jesus.

-Pascal, Blaise
c.1654^1662  Pense¤  es, pt.7, no.549.

A four-kind son-of-a-bitch, but the greatest Jew since Jesus Christ.

-Robbins, Colonel
Of LeonTrotsky. Quoted byA J P Taylor in the New Statesman and Nation, 20 Feb1954.

Jesus never claims to be God, personally, yet he always claims to bring God, completely.

-Robinson,John ArthurThomas
  Honest to God.

Sally said I was a sacrilegious atheist. I probably am. The thing that Jesus really would've liked would be the guy that plays the kettle drums in the orchestra.

-Salinger,J(erome) D(avid)
The Catcher in the Rye, ch.18.

   When Jesus came to Birmingham they simply passed Him by, They never hurt a hair of him, they only let Him die. For menhadgrownmoretenderandthey wouldnot give Him pain, Theyonlyjust passeddownthestreet, and left Himinthe rain.

-'Woodbine Willie'
Peace Rhymes of a Padre,'Indifference'.

O Domine Deus! speravi inTe; O care miJesu! nunc libera me; In dura catena, in misera poena, DesideroTe, Languendo, gemendo, et genu flectendo Adoro, imploro, ut liberes me! O Lord my God, I hope in thee; My dear Lord Jesus, set me free; In chains, in pains On bended knee I adore thee, implore thee To set me free.

-Stuart, Mary known as Mary, Queen of Scots
  Poem composed just before her execution (translated by E Milner-White and G W Briggs,1941).

Look at me! Look at myarm!† I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head meöand ar'n't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man (when I could get it), and bear de lash as wellöand ar'n't I a woman? I have borne thirteenchilernandseen'emmos'allsoldoff intoslavery, and when I cried out with a mother's grief, none but Jesus heardöand ar'n't I a woman?

-Truth, Sojourner ne¤  e Isabella
  Women's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio. Quoted in Narrative of SojournerTruth (1875), pt.2,'Book of Life'.

   God isregistered tovote for Hollywood as a Republican. However,Jesus Christ is a Democrat from Santa Monica.

-Wall StreetJournal
  'God Lives in Hollywood', editorial on California's voter registration lists,12 Jul.

   Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

-Watts, Isaac
  The Psalms of David Imitated, Psalm 72.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.

-Wesley, Charles
  'GentleJesus', collected in Hymns and Sacred Poems.