Those who are seeking the true religion will never find it outside the Catholic Church alone, because, in every other religion, if… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
My parents and I - I'm an only child - are not particularly religious, but I was christened and raised in that… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
One of my favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to… — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
Again and again the Church of Christ has been all but engulfed, as men might have deemed, in the billows; again and… — Henry Parry Liddon Copy Share Image
To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What's unique about the Mormon Church is that it encourages inquiry. I really do think my research and religion are all on… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
Even if we don't believe in church or God, we still believe in things that are bigger than ourselves. We need to… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
Church attendance rates among white Americans without a college education have dropped pretty significantly. People with college degrees are more likely to… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
The Church is the Church in her worship. Worship is not an optional extra, but is of the very life and essence… — J. B. Torrance Copy Share Image
Of all the names Polygamy went by (so as not to exasperate the Gentile population and even some of the wives of… — Ardyth Kennelly Copy Share Image
I quickly found that the American church is a difficult place to fit in if you want to live out New Testament… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
I've lived long enough to see the triumph of zealots and absolutists, to watch money swallow politics, to witness the rise of… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Paul's vision, though, is starting small, with actual communities in which reconciliation and justice has to be practiced - like the rich/poor… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Jim Jones started out as a civil rights crusader in Indianapolis. As a young preacher in the mid-50s, he used members of… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
The cold hoarfrost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church. The… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
Let's forget about the mythical Jesus and look for encouragement, solace and inspiration from real women... Two thousand years of patriarchal rule… — Annie Laurie Gaylor Copy Share Image
I carry my own church about under my own hat," said I. "Bricks and mortar won't make a staircase to heaven. I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Bondurant was no expert on where sex between consenting adults on cathedral grounds fit in the grand hierarchy of sins in the… — John Heubusch Copy Share Image
As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
As regards my own 'philosophy,' I continue to be inspired by the music, liturgy and architectural tradition of the Anglican Church in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill to be… — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you have… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The Catholic writer, in so far as he has the mind of the Church, will feel life from the standpoint of the… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
“The secret to strong leaders is that strong leaders are strong because they have been tempered by the negative. They have discovered… — John Paul Warren Copy Share Image
Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To glorify God is not just to do so in religious worship, singing praise and enacting the traditional rites of the church.… — James W. Sire Copy Share Image
Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New… — John Clayton Copy Share Image
The church belongs to its hierarchy, which is men in power. Those outside the hierarchy, and especially women, are at best only… — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
We mustn't assume that we are going to deinvent government solely from inside the Beltway or within one or two sessions of… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Human beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
our great common challenge ... is to free people from religion, get it out of our laws, our schools, our health systems,… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Christians, for instance, are not, properly speaking, believers in religion; rather, they believe that Jesus of Nazareth, crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
As children we were bombarded by competing answers. Church says one thing, school another. Now as adults it's no surprise that if… — Robert Lanza Copy Share Image
If we are not able to bring the churches, the synagogues, [and] the mosques around to the animal rights view, we will… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
If you limit worship to where you are, the minute you leave that place of worship you will leave your attitude of… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image