“When the author admits to Christians that he was not a Christian himself, he says their dialogue became "distant and rehearsed, like… — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
A lotta Christians wear crosses 'round their necks; do you think if Jesus comes back he ever wants to see another cross? — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
My mom - For me, she has the spirit of an angel. She's a healer without even knowing it... She's beautiful inside… — Sophie Gregoire Trudeau Copy Share Image
In corporation [corporate] religions as in others, the heretic must be cast out not because of the probability that he is wrong… — Antony Jay Copy Share Image
Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars. — Jose Serrano Copy Share Image
“That dusty hill we can scarcely look upon and then only with pain, The Adversary, also with pain, does and must ever… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I was raised a Catholic as a boy and went to a Catholic boys' high school, a private school, and kind of… — James Balog Copy Share Image
The thought of the presence of God and the spirit of worship will in all my actions have as their immediate object… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“...there is no deeper religious feeling than the feeling for the natural world. I wouldn't separate the world of nature from the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other. Is uniformity… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
I think that religion is incredibly cruel, and I think that my biggest problem with being vegetarian, usually, is other vegetarians. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
“When you stop trying to force the Bible to be something it's not--static, perspicacious, certain, absolute--then you're free to revel in what… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion. — Robert Runcie Copy Share Image
“Pure Knowledge (Shuddha Gnan) is the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma). Soul is a symbolic word. But one should have the ‘intuitive perception’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
No matter how much talent you have in your mind and spirit, if your body is not able to function, you are… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I write about religion is due to my own envy of people who truly feel the presence of… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I've always hated the word spirituality, but now I accept the word, and I think it's a useful term. It just means… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
“You are the reality. The sense of of worship, love, devotion and loyalty. You are the purpose of life and existence. That… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
“Each moment of time that passes in my life is very important. Because it strengthens my spirit to succeed in the complicated… — Raathi Devi Copy Share Image
Why then, if these new books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The greatest miracle of the Bible is that the prophets of Israel could keep a religion as clean as a hounds tooth… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
A lot of evangelicals have grown accustomed to feeling used by the political process. Every politician appeals to us, every one wants… — Paula White Copy Share Image
“He is in heaven now, and happy; or if not there, he bides in hell and is content; for in that place… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The Republicans didn't want the government to run your life, because Jesus should. That was really part of their thing: less government,… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Nobody can change your religion unless you want to and God gives you the grace. It's between you and God alone. Nobody… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The goal of Bible translation is be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image