There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
Destruction is a true sign of devotion. As I always tell my girlfriend when she threatens to kill me. 'You should kill… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
“If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one… — R.T. Kendall Copy Share Image
Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The truth is our country, our people, our liberties, and our way of life are under attack by radical Islamic terrorists who… — Saxby Chambliss Copy Share Image
“And although I no longer identified with the stringency or dogma of organized Christian religion, I remained drawn to the compassion and… — Emily Rapp Copy Share Image
“Accept him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don’t we need him? Jesus is no longer one to be accepted… — David Platt Copy Share Image
What we call doubt is often simply dullness of mind and spirit, not the absence of faith at all, but faith latent… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Of late there has been a new spirit manifested in the youth which is growing up with the depression. This spirit is… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely finite… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“The abiding western dominology can with religion sanction identify anything dark, profound, or fluid with a revolting chaos, an evil to be… — Catherine Keller Copy Share Image
“I prefer the American spirit, the one that called us from the Old World to the New, to conquer and build and… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
“Institutionalized torture in Christendom was not just an unthinking habit; it had a moral rationale. If you really believe that failing to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Anyone who is sincere about making spiritual advancement, whatever one's religion may be, can usually see the value of chanting. I mean… — Mukunda Goswami Copy Share Image
I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately…Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
I have inherited a belief in community, the promise that a gathering of the spirit can both create and change culture. In… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
For me, I never wore my religion on my sleeve, you know what I'm saying? I never put myself out there as… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Ministry, however, is simply loving the person in front of you. It's about stopping for the one and being the very fragrance… — Heidi Baker Copy Share Image
“Neither materialism, nor spiritualism reveals the truth - neither atheism, nor theism reveals the truth - neither intellectualism, nor callousness reveals the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Rights and empowerment are interconnected: unless a substantial number of women in a community come to believe that they have rights and… — Mahnaz Afkhami Copy Share Image
“it {romantic love} really isn't about two people who have fallen madly for each other; it's about two people seeing spirit in… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of man's redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known… — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action,… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place,… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Remember, he is not, like you, a pure spirit. Never having been a human (Oh that abominable advantage of the Enemy's) you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Real religion is not about being a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. Real religion is about loving God, & dedicating… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
My own view is that one cannot be religious in general any more than one can speak language in general; at any… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“Our people once were warriors. But unlike you, Jake, they were people with mana, pride; people with spirit. If my spirit can… — Alan Duff Copy Share Image
The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner. — William Cameron Townsend Copy Share Image
I like that in country, you can talk about what you want to talk about. You can entertain, yet you can have… — Danny Gokey Copy Share Image
Spiritual growth is like learning to walk. We stand up, fall, stand up, fall, take a step, fall, take a couple of… — Geri Larkin Copy Share Image
The power of prayer and faith can heal and bring happiness. The real tragedy is that the people that are helped by… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any sense… — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
There are multitudes in our congregations who are just waiting while they ought to be acting. They must work, if they would… — Ichabod Spencer Copy Share Image
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