The Holy Spirit began to move mightily. As we continued to worship, I sensed that the birthing spirit was sweeping over us… — Bill Hamon Copy Share Image
René of Anjou [(1409-80)] painted a picture of his mistress's corpse as he found it eaten by worms on having it [her… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
But petitional prayer is only one department of prayer; and if we take the word in the wider sense as meaning every… — William James Copy Share Image
“Regeneration took place in our spirit, not in our physical body or in our mind. This means the Triune God is now… — Witness Lee Copy Share Image
“Religion is the opium of the people. He believed that, that dyspeptic little joint-keeper. Yes, and music is the opium of the… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
My mom was very spiritual. We were a Catholic family. We read the Bible at a young age. I have two brothers… — Matt Cullen Copy Share Image
“They believed their words. Everybody shows a respectful deference to certain sounds that he and his fellows can make. But about feelings… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
People still knew me as Charles, so when I came across Charlemagne in a history book, that sounded good: Charles the Great,… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
Real spirituality is going through fire. Real spirituality is rebellion against all that is rotten, against all that is past, against all… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them.… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“I’m sure that this is equally true of men in the business world or any world. We all need someone with inner… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Bishop Irenaeus of Lyons, a fierce opponent of the Gnostics, attacked them for their spiritual and literary creativity, accusing them of producing… — Stephan A. Hoeller Copy Share Image
Just as man as a social being, cannot in the long run exist without a tie to the community, so the individual… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“For every human being who is born into this universe is like a child who has been given a key to an… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“fasting, with prayer as its companion, is designed to increase spirituality; to foster a spirit of devotion and love of God; to… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I have already indicated to you the meaning of the word religion, as applied to Islam. The truth is that Islam is… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
My sense of religion is Einstein's sense of relativity. I don't believe in God. I believe that energy never dies. So the… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
“We are not ‘everything,’ but neither are we ‘nothing.’ Spirituality is discovered in that space between paradox’s extremes, for there we confront… — Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham Copy Share Image
“We create our own future by our own beliefs, which control our actions. A strong enough belief system, a sufficiently powerful conviction,… — Brian Herbert Copy Share Image
“Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that… — Francis Pharcellus Church Copy Share Image
Well-established Supreme Court precedents indicate that states - like the states of Washington and Minnesota - have no equal-protection rights of their… — David B. Rivkin Copy Share Image
There is an idea that you can take the spiritual teachings of a religion outside of a religion and practice them; these… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Hot Fuzz in a strange way, for me, summons up the spirit of watching R-rated films that I was too young to… — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
“Science is a religion, like any other religion. The people that follow science do it blindly, in pure faith. Scientists are merely… — Patrick Graham Copy Share Image
Then all at once in late August's heat, tall leafless stalks crowned with iridescent pink and purple blossoms burst from the purgatory… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“My friend’s experience reminded me that the search for a perfect religious community is a futile one. As the Trappist monk Thomas… — James Martin Copy Share Image
Besides justifying the transfer of wealth to kleptocrats, institutionalized religion brings two other important benefits to centralized societies. First, shared ideology or… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity and with peevishness, and your intelligence should… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The election of Barack Obama was a very wonderful step forward for America, which has unfortunately been tainted by the ugly reaction… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“There are five major religions formally recognized today: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Each is absolutlely certain that they know for… — Jim Vuksic Copy Share Image
In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The Bible says all men are without excuse. Even those who are given no good reason to believe and many persuasive reasons… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“Unlike man, whose gods are of the unseen and the overguessed, vapours and mists of fancy eluding the garmenture of reality, wandering… — Jack London Copy Share Image