The average mind is slow in grasping a truth, but when the most thoroughly organized, centralized institution, maintained at an excessive national… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition, you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable, because our… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Step into this moment, because it is the only one you have right now. It is not wasted or thrown away. The… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay.… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
What makes our marriage holy, what makes it "set apart" and sacramental, isn't the marriage certificate filed away in the basement or… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
I'm bored to tears by how many clowns have been leaders. That's why it's important to be the best we can be… — Teri Gender Bender Copy Share Image
[Buddhism and Christianity] are in one sense parallel and equal; as a mound and a hollow, as a valley and a hill.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul’s enjoyment of that peace that passes all… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
Indian monks were the first to choose the garden as the proper setting for their lives, which were devoted to the contemplation… — Marie-Luise Gothein Copy Share Image
To dream magnificently is not a gift given to all men, and even for those who possess it, it runs a strong… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp.… — Ciaran Carson Copy Share Image
When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.' Mosiah 2:17. Focusing… — Ronald A. Rasband Copy Share Image
The Infinite alone exists and is Real; the finite is passing and false. The Original Whim in the Beyond caused the apparent… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
Like many other scientists who hold the Catholic faith, I see the Creator's plan and purpose fulfilled in our universe. I see… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
When we have entered into divine covenants, the Holy Ghost is our comforter, our guide, and our companion. The fruits of the… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
For the believer in divine creation, the open question of the Mystery of Being is like an open wound. It stings and… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role. Whatever I have achieved in life… — Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
... the most important concept ever put forth was that matter, ALL matter, with no exceptions from stone to star to starfish… — Ki Longfellow Copy Share Image
We call it 3HO, an organization of healthy, happy, and holy people. It has no membership charge, no presidents, and at this… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
I come from all places and to all places I go: I am art among the arts and mountain among mountains. I… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
“What is Science, What is Holy (Sonnet) There is no greater spiritual journey than the rejection of prejudice, there is no greater… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Since Christ is the only way to the Father, in order to highlight His living and saving presence in the Church and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature… — John Adams Copy Share Image
That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
In this system called America, white privilege reigns supreme but to me, I have to embrace what I am and how special… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God!… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental difference between the Jewish idea of creation and that of Islam. The creation according to Islam is not… — Aga Khan III Copy Share Image
Have I then no work to work in this great matter of my pardon? None. What work canst thou work? What work… — Horatius Bonar Copy Share Image
For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
“We must give our children back their ability to see the divine; we must help them to return to their original innocence… — Martin Suarez Copy Share Image
... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
“No one has to be a martyr. On the contrary, everyone should be entirely selfish; not selfish in the normal sense of… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
...the Lord said as He drew near His passion, 'Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image