“DEVOTION TO GOD’S KINGDOM OVER SELF OR TRIBE ENABLES SACRIFICE People in a church with movement dynamics put the vision ahead of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I am a faithful companion of Jesus. I probably wasn't when I was 12 or 13 when I was in the convent,… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
“The work of God’s Holy Spirit begins with bruising. In order to be saved, the hard ground must be plowed; the hard… — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The exercise of magical power is the exercise of natural powers, but superior to the ordinary functions of Nature. A miracle is… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
“I mean, the human race, we are a tribe, let's face it, and let's stop all this religious bullshit. I think everybody,… — Björk Copy Share Image
“at one time, a freethinker was a man who had been brought up in the conceptions of religion, law and morality, who… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“David accepted the consequences of all his shortcomings. He accepted them. He became a man after God’s heart. Not because he stopped… — Victor Vote Copy Share Image
I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to… — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
For most of American history, of course, the important religious divides were between denominations - not just between Protestants and Catholics and… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
“BROADBENT [stiffly]. Devil is rather a strong expression in that connexion, Mr Keegan. KEEGAN. Not from a man who knows that this… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Two attempts have been made in the world to found social life: the one was upon religion, and the other was upon… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Morality came before religion, and religion was our ancestors' way of responding to that built-in need. And if that was so, then… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“There’s no such thing as God, Charlie, at least not how they say. Just like there’s no such thing as Zeus or… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
When the Spirit of God comes into us, He wants to be Himself in us. He wants His energy to be poured… — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
“For me there has been no serious difficulty in reconciling the principles of true science with the principles of true religion, for… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“Thus Milton refines the question down to a matter of faith," said Coleridge, bringing the lecture to a close, "and a kind… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
Sports are the ultimate secular religion. Instead of being worried about whether your kids will be okay or how your job is… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
“Ghosts are a perfect example of how the human world is limited by its own knowledge. Your kind doesn’t believe in them… — Annalise Grey Copy Share Image
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Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“...in Aristotle...leisure is a far more noble, spiritual goal than work...leisure is pursued solely for its own sake...: the pleasures of music… — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
A dreaded society is not a civilized society. The most progressive and powerful society in the civilized sense, is a society which… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
“There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Love is probably the most powerful force in the cosmos, capable of creating miracles. Love can manifest in so many ways -… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
“But, to affirm that the Sun is really fixed in the center of the heavens and the Earth revolves very swiftly around… — Cardinal Bellarmine Copy Share Image
“This year I have Sister Mary Joseph for Religion. Right away I could tell she was going to become my archenemy. She… — Natalie Standiford Copy Share Image
I view Witchcraft as a religion that has evolved over the centuries. I do not consider Witchcraft to be a modern invention.… — Raven Grimassi Copy Share Image
“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion...Appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines that only tend to elate… — Currer Bell Copy Share Image
The Most Important Thing I Know About the Spirit of Sport... It instills in us the ability to recognize and appreciate the… — Dot Richardson Copy Share Image
He prayed on Fridays with the Muslims, on Saturdays with the Jews and on Sundays with the Christians. 'Since each religion claims… — Ahmad ibn Rustah Copy Share Image
Our language was even taken from us. The Irish Gaelic language was outlawed and the religion was outlawed. Hence the religion later… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
Human beings do not carry civilization in their genes. All that we do carry in our genes are certain capacities- the capacity… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“Boy you really missed the boat. I’ll make it simple, so’s even fuckin you can understand. Papa God growed us up till… — DBC Pierre Copy Share Image
“The working of miracles is old and out-dated; to teach the people is too laborious; to interpret scripture is to invade the… — Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Copy Share Image
When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I never regard my characters, my protagonists, as personifications. It's not that I sit by my desk and I pick up a… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
“...our pilgrimage among house churches in persecution convinced us that God may actually want to use them to save us from the… — Nik Ripkin Copy Share Image
![“BROADBENT [stiffly]. Devil is rather a strong expression in that connexion, Mr Keegan. KEEGAN. Not from a man who knows that this world is hell. But since the word offends you, let me soften it, and compare you simply to an ass. [Larry whitens with anger]. BROADBENT [reddening]. An ass! KEEGAN…” quote by George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/bc1/george-bernard-shaw-68_becoming-better_broadbent-stiffly-devil-is-rather-a-stro_3048281.jpg)
