The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The most useful members of a church are usually those who would be doing harm if they were not doing good. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square. — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
80% of the people who come into a Christ-following relationship is because a friend, co-worker, family member or neighbor invited them to church. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I've never known anyone who has fallen into sin and been successfully restored by the formal church structure. Nor have I ever… — Ted Haggard Copy Share Image
There are certain times in a concert when I'll call an audible because I feel like God is calling me to play… — Jonny Diaz Copy Share Image
My principles in respect of religious interest are two,--one is, that the Church shall not meddle with politics, and the government shall… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Only the Catholic Church protested against the Hitlerian onslaught on liberty. Up till then I had not been interested in the Church,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I wondered if there was a way to teach people how to use their imaginations in prayer and worship. So I began… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
The spontaneous expansion of the Church reduced to its elements is a very simple thing...What is necessary is faith. What is needed… — Roland Allen Copy Share Image
Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
The only advice that I know to give is to pray for your leaders. Whether you like it or not, we have… — Colton Dixon Copy Share Image
The church seeks to help form people who can risk being peaceful in a violent world, risk being kind in a competitive… — John Howard Yoder Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 20, "Bezalel") "Worship is an art, using the sensory to bring us into an awareness of and attentiveness to the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
And God grant that His fire be not quenched! God save us from any smoothing over of these questions in the interests… — John Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car,… — Jean-Claude Van Damme Copy Share Image
It has been said by church historians that in those periods of Christian history where renewal, revival, and awakening took place and… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
When you are in church, it's always good to carry a pen and notepad to jot down the scripture text, reference scriptures,… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
The short interregnum of civil society built on the ruins of the Bastille came to its end with the establishment of the… — Israel Shamir Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
My mom always said that if the Protestants catch a Catholic in their church, they feed them to the Jews. — Kate O'Brien Copy Share Image
Marriage is a sacrament, and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church, not with Parliament. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The church say the earth is flat,but I know that it is round ,for I have seen the shadow on the moon,and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“High heels are a short (theist) woman's (subconscious) way of telling God to go to hell … in public.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I make a sincere effort to do some form of exercise every day, except for Sunday. That's church and hang out day. — Johanna Braddy Copy Share Image
My religion is my whole life. I love sharing it with people and clearing up any misunderstandings people might have about our… — Carmen Rasmusen Copy Share Image
“Wilhelm Dilthey puts it rather starkly, "Jesus came announcing the Kingdom of God, but what appeared was the church.” — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Spending time in a church does not make you religious, any more than spending time in a garage makes you a car. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I actually thought Pope Paul VI was the most tragic figure in the modern church, like Lyndon Johnson was a very tragic… — James Carville Copy Share Image
“There is no use trying to do Church work without love. A doctor, a lawyer, may do good work without love, but… — D.L. Moody Copy Share Image
The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York. — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
