The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“My spirit mirrors the radiance of a clear, blue sky. With closed eyes I lift my face and smile, warmed from the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Captain Smith,” Jackson thoughtfully responds, “my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed… — Dennis Jowers Copy Share Image
As a religious problem, the problem of suffering is, paradoxically, not how to avoid suffering but how to suffer, how to make… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
“Renouncing false beliefs will not usher in the millennium. Few things about the strategy of contemporary apologists are more repellent than their… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“The new and needed apologetics will differ from previous apologetic models geared at convincing people solely or even mainly from a rationalistic… — Reggie McNeal Copy Share Image
“Even greater shifts will be needed if we are to finally understand that we cannot continue to live on this planet as… — Albert J. LaChance Copy Share Image
In my experience, many Americans think of religion as important and want to do whatever they can to support it. But if… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Man is manifestly not the measure of all things. This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“The spirit of religion hates women. It oppresses women whereever it can. It treats women the same, whether it be in the… — Jeffrey Stewart Copy Share Image
“The Church is not simply an institution. She is a 'mode of existence,' *a way of being*. The mystery of the Church… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest assets of this present work is the meticulous attention paid to the subject of theurgy or "god working,"… — Aaron Leitch Copy Share Image
The prayer of faith is a prayer willing to believe and prevail for God's answer in a situation that is utterly impossible.… — Wesley L Duewel Copy Share Image
“When I encountered these haunting words from Franz Kafka, I realized exactly why this light sermon about the search for God had… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
Too many American (and other) Christians revel in feelings and/or morality and don't care to develop a biblically-shaped Zeitgeist or worldview. The… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t understand what the Taliban were trying to do. “They are abusing our religion,” I said in interviews. “How will you… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Do numbers hold spiritual significance? Perhaps they do. For me, the most powerful numbers are two and six because when you multiply… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Let them like the Tibetans, chew the cud of their "om mane padme hum" innumerable times, or, as in Benares, count the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Imagining God can be so different from wishful thinking, if your spiritual experiences change your behavior over time. Have you become more… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There's a separation of church and state. If you want the perks that churches have traditionally received, then abide by the rules.… — Anthony B Pinn Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me that if we, like President Monson, exercise our faith and look to God for help, we will not… — Carl B. Cook Copy Share Image
“If Paul did not love the Corinthians, he would walk away from them and let them flounder in their own cesspool of… — Alexander Strauch Copy Share Image
“No matter your age, religion or ethnic origin. Sport is good for everyone. Sport generates peace and unites nations. No matter what… — Elena Favilli Copy Share Image
In Christ's resurrection, therefore, the Christian man sees the earnest and pledge of his own resurrection; and by it he is enheartened… — B. B. Warfield Copy Share Image
Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Reasonable–that is, human–men will always be capable of compromise, but men who have dehumanized themselves by becoming the blind worshipers of an… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“When it comes to believing in the important things in life (like love, hope, justice, peace) we have a hard time proving… — Jon Morrison Copy Share Image
Spirituality points, always, beyond: beyond the ordinary, beyond possession, beyond the narrow confines of the self, and - above all - beyond… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“the gay rights agenda must trump religious freedom concerns. To wit, Feldblum has authored the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which turns some… — Floyd G Brown Copy Share Image
So many religions are there because so many people are unhappy. A happy person needs no religion; a happy person needs no… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer brings about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I know without our fans and the devotion of our fans we wouldn't be here. I don't mean to put them down,… — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
With our goddess, the Pachamama, and it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic. We have… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
“That so-called faith in Christ which professes to release men from the obligation of obedience to God, is not faith, but presumption.… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
After their return from Babylon, the practice of human sacrifice died out among the Jews, but survived as an ideal in one… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Our ego never wants to die and it will do anything to prolong its life. But the truth is, we are both… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The church is: a conspiracy of love for a dying world, a spy mission into enemy occupied territory ruled by the powers… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
