Modern minds no longer object to the Church because of the way they think, but because of the way they live. They… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Receive this blessing as you go forth this day: “May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord make his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Art is long. Life is short, but it deserves our attentive devotion. Embrace life. No person has a monopoly on wisdom. Despite… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Because religious beliefs and experiences cannot be reliably validated through logical deduction or observational induction, validation occurs only by satisfying the emotions… — Scott Atran Copy Share Image
“According to Adam One, the Fall of Man was multidimensional. The ancestral primates fell out of the trees; then they fell from… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Later, in my adulthood, I will read the book again, even watch the movie, and understand that I wasn’t equipped, as a… — Deborah Feldman Copy Share Image
For the religious, passivism [i.e., objects are obedient to the laws of nature] provides a clear role of God as the author… — Brian Ellis Copy Share Image
You have within yourself the answer to every question you propose - if you only knew how to look for it. In… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“Now Paul sees a formula: trials build patience, patience builds experience, and experience builds hope. As we handle life’s challenges and disappointments… — John Van Auken Copy Share Image
“Jesus said, “I must be about my Father’s business” (Luke 2:49). He understood His mission—the reason for being on earth. He came… — James Poitras Copy Share Image
Americans are finally coming to a point where they're accepting of religious criticism, is because George Bush is the first president who… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“The full and free pardon granted by President Buchanan was received resentfully by most of the Mormons, who still felt that the… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“Druidry is a way of life, a Spiritual Path, a philosophy; it engenders religious experience, though whether one could call it a… — Sophie Cornish Copy Share Image
“What could possibly cause billions of human beings to reconsider their religious beliefs? And yet, it is obvious that an utter revolution… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
For hundreds of years the world was wrapped in a veil of spiritual darkness, until there was not one fundamental truth belonging… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive. Impart as much as you can… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The longer I live the more I am convinced that neither age nor circumstance needs to deprive us of energy and vitality.… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating… — Nevill Drury Copy Share Image
“There is one thing that destroys anyone's ability to advance spiritually: the inability to control the mind and emotions. In order to… — Rudrananda Copy Share Image
Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. Millions among us, even now,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The religion of both Old and New Testaments is marked by fervent outspoken testimonies against evil. To speak smooth things in such… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“It is now established by verifiable evidence that religion stultifies the brain and is the great obstacle in the path of intellectual… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
An Arab activist can take pride in the Arab heritage of mathematics and science or he can take pride in his religion,… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Religious liberty is misunderstood. It simply means that the Founders said that everyone in America should have the freedom to practice and… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
[Children] are taught that it is a virtue to accept statements without adequate evidence, which leaves them a prey to quacks of… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Stick to the old truths and the old paths, and learn their di- vineness by sick-beds and in every-day work, and do… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
I was born into a very religious family where everything was about setting the right example for the community and having to… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
“So here is what I see when we reclaim the church ladies: a woman loved and free is beautiful. She is laughing… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
I've been on investigations where a spirit is channeling through me, and I have extreme changes in my emotions - anger, sadness,… — Zak Bagans Copy Share Image
“D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones taught that the gospel emphasis on grace could be lost in several ways. A church might simply become heterodox… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Submission means that a wife acknowledges her husband’s headship as spiritual leader and guide for the family. It has nothing whatsoever to… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
“those who repent and place their faith and trust in Jesus alone for their salvation become “children of God,” are adopted into… — Eric J. Bargerhuff Copy Share Image
“...Mathematics and music are at the opposite poles of the human spirit. These two antipodes confine and determine all creative and spiritual… — Heinrich Neuhaus Copy Share Image
“The feminine mystique, elevated by Freudian theory into a scientific religion, sounded a single, overprotective, life-restricting, future-denying note for women. Girls who… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
When somebody is flying airplanes into buildings and killing innocent people in the name of God, it makes you question why do… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Wherever we look in the ancient world the past has been controlled, but nowhere more rigorously than in the history of the… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
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