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I was a terrible believer in things,but I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was as searching as I was… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
...Making people get over the concept that they've got the total proof. To get them to feel, 'Gee, I want to learn… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
“So my students sometimes say: “Everything you teach about religion you seem to like. You always say such positive things about Islam… — Mark Juergensmeyer Copy Share Image
When you lose the story that's running like a golden stream underneath all the other stories, you're left with the idea that… — Sally Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Look, therefore, which way we will, whether at the direct Scriptural statements of death as the penalty of sin, or at the… — Herrick Johnson Copy Share Image
All who contribute to the overthrow of religion, or to the ruin of kingdoms and commonwealths, all who are foes to letters… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
What has the Cross left in each of us? You see, it gives us a treasure that no one else can give:… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The true essence of Chinese culture is sophistication, refinement, the spirit of poetry. The spirit of ink painting and calligraphy lives on… — Michael Chow Copy Share Image
We cannot be content with an evangelism which does not lead to the drawing of converts into the church, nor with a… — John Stott Copy Share Image
With so many mind-bytes to be downloaded, so many mental codons to be replicated, it is no wonder that child brains are… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
To discipline ourselves through fasting brings us in tune with God, and fast day provides an occasion to set aside the temporal… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
I have absolutely no doubt that if you are a praying Christian, your faith in God is what is carrying you, through… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
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Total separation of church and state was considered the best safeguard for the health of each. As [Andrew] Jackson explained, in refusing… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
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If you want to attain salvation, learn and keep in your heart all that the holy Church teaches and, receiving heavenly power… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
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A new world is not made simply by trying to forget the old. A new world is made with a new spirit,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
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“just as America was the first modern land where people could practice freedom of religion, perhaps someday America will be a place… — Alberto Villoldo Copy Share Image
No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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![“So my students sometimes say: “Everything you teach about religion you seem to like. You always say such positive things about Islam and such positive things about Judaism and Hinduism, which one do you believe?” And I say: “Which one do you think God believes?” [laughter] What the students say is…” quote by Mark Juergensmeyer](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0b0/mark-juergensmeyer-87061_hinduism_so-my-students-sometimes-say-everything_1765853.jpg)
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