Books should to one of these fours ends conduce for wisdom piety delight or use.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

In a society which is structured the wrong way piety has no effect.

For many the hijab represents modesty piety and devotion to God and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

The moving finger writes and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit can cancel half a line of it.

For though we love both the truth and our friends piety requires us to honor the truth first.

Wonder connected with a principle of rational curiosity is the source of all knowledge and discover and it is a principle even of piety but wonder which ends in wonder and is satisfied with wonder is the quality of an idiot.

If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.

Our religion does not discriminate according to color sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

Faith is never identical with piety.

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal also his fine art finally also the only kind of piety he knows his 'divine service.'

This and this alone is Christianity a universal holiness in every part of life a heavenly wisdom in all our actions not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.