For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. Aristotle
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends. Aristotle
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.' Friedrich Nietzsche
Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. Edmund Burke
