True religion is not talk, or doctrines, or theories, nor is it sectarianism. It is the relation between soul and God. Religion… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“In the tough times, don’t be surprised if you feel that spirit of heaviness trying to overtake you. Don’t be surprised if… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Some people say a person receives a position in this church through revelation, and others say they get it through inspiration, but… — J. Golden Kimball Copy Share Image
There is, it appears, a conspiracy of scientists afoot. Their purpose is to break down religion, propagate immorality, and so reduce mankind… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies. Never ask for tomorrow: it is enough that… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
God is a God of motion, of movement, and of mission... Mission is not an activity of the church but an attribute… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
“Peter Marshall, the great evangelical preacher, once said that we need "faith like potatoes" - plain, simple, real faith that will sustain… — Angus Buchan Copy Share Image
Here Stormbringer spies the Stepsons, the Theban fighters, and the 3rd Commando, attending to their own. In the face of such unflinching… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
The true spiritual secret is this: what you seek, you already are. True success is discovering your inner divinity~ it's the ability… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“If you want to fight hell and the power of darkness that seek to destroy the hearts of our daughters, I know… — Jim Anderson Copy Share Image
Just as people can watch spellbound a circus artist tumbling through the air in a phosphorized costume, so they can listen to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We try to promote the Christmas season and remind people that it is a season of peace. That's what the season's real… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
When we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Because the early Christians believed that resurrection had begun with Jesus and would be completed in the great final resurrection on the… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis argues that human beings cannot be truly good or moral without faith in God and without… — Phil Zuckerman Copy Share Image
As a book person and a movie person, I feel Jewish. My Dad was more Buddhist than anything, and on the West… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
“I know. That's exactly the problem. Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Think about this for a moment, we grow so inured to these religious forms, think about the notion of instituting at the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
That's the spirit in which I went to New York to be with my husband, and when I knocked on the hotel… — Linda Thompson Copy Share Image
And this is the mission of the church--not civilization, but salvation--not better laws, purer legislation, social elevation, human equality and liberty, but… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge Copy Share Image
It's absurd and quite tragic the way people have managed to pit science against faith. They aren't in conflict at all -… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
In all the wide gamut of human experience, nothing plays so important a part as faith… Faith that is as broad as… — Alice Foote MacDougall Copy Share Image
Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
“The first time the extent of this problem was obvious to me was when I was hanging out with a small group… — Simone Collins Copy Share Image
As someone who escaped religious persecution in Lebanon and whose parents were kidnapped in Beirut, I fully support the protection of all… — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
[Religion is a] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Prayer that craves a particular commodity—anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we look at the works of JS Bach ... on each page we discover things which we thought were born only… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
And all those who desire to celebrate, glorifying with faith and seeking Your salvation and mercy through me, grant to them Your… — Marina of Aguas Santas Copy Share Image
Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we… — Richard Wagamese Copy Share Image
What is remarkable about the Greeks - even pre-philosophically - is that despite the salience of religious rituals in their lives, when… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
There are some things we really need to take care of: the children, and grandparents. Children, whether they are young or older,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Spiritual superiority only sees the individual. But alas, ordinarily we human beings are sensual and, therefore, as soon as it is a… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
God grant that as our horizon of duty is widened, our minds may widen with it; that as our burden is increased,… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
Love comes to those who still hope although theyve been disappointed, to those who still believe although theyve been betrayed, to those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.” “There’s a difference?” the ardent said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You would consider me an atheist or agnostic. I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn’t the… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
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