But the best read naturalist who lends an entire and devout attention to truth, will see that there remains much to learn… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“When it came to choosing between education and religion, Albert said, he'd choose education every time. The school represented young people and… — Carsten Jensen Copy Share Image
“I don’t think He bargains.” “Oh yes He does. I may not be religious but I know my Bible. My mother saw… — P.D. James Copy Share Image
People - Catholics and non-Catholics - are amazingly open to begin again in their walk with Jesus and in the Church when… — Jonathan Morris Copy Share Image
Many, and I think the determining, constitutive facts remain outside the reach of the operational concept. And by virtue of this limitation… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
“When I was young and full of grace And spirited - a rattlesnake When I was young and fever fell My spirit,… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
FAITH is the head chemist of the mind. When FAITH is blended with the vibration of thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“It is important to remember that we exist as body-spirit creatures. We are simultaneously body and soul. ... This means that attention… — Michael R. Emlet Copy Share Image
“In a democratic society, presumably, the public business is carried on in conversation with the actual values of people who are the… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
If you're following the news, you know that the major religions differ in their interpretation of the holy books. For example, one… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Beneath the surface level of conditioned thinking in every one of us there is a single living spirit. The still small voice… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“Our reality is masked as a medium for growth. What we are growing is our Will which, when aligned with a given… — Laura Knight-Jadczyk Copy Share Image
Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Why would god allow the Holocaust to happen? If god made everything, why did he invent sin to trick us and then… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong… — Gilbert Parker Copy Share Image
Few things are more important at this time in history than for religious people to listen to the New Atheists as if… — Michael Dowd Copy Share Image
“The fact is that life is like the river: endlessly moving on, ever seeking, exploring, pushing, overflowing its banks, penetrating every crevice… — J. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Though he never actually joined it, he was close to some civilian elements of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There is no god and there is no soul. Hence, there is no need for the props of traditional religion. With dogma… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
“A Christian mother's first duty is to soil her child's mind, and she does not neglect it. Her lad grows up to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“People who have extremely limited knowledge of The Bible or its implications may still choose to classify themselves as Christians on the… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
The ordinary man says in his ignorance, "My religion is the sole religion, my religion is the best." But when his heart… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
“The key to preaching, then, is to make the message of the text obvious. Help people to see it and feel it.… — Gary Millar Copy Share Image
“It was not enough that food aplenty was within Man’s grasp: he wanted more. It was not enough that prey surrendered themselves… — David Bowles Copy Share Image
“For he had learned tonight that love was not enough. There had to be a higher devotion than all the devotions of… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Even if wisdom could be communicated from “beyond”, that is insufficient reason to trust it. And perhaps even more skepticism is warranted… — George Hammond Copy Share Image
If you shift your mindset to asking "How can I initiate change that's good for my family, and my community, and my… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
“Is it by the instrumentality of faith we receive Christ as our justification, without the merit of any of our works? Well.… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“Religions build theories about the world and then prevent them from being tested. Religions provide nice, appealing, and comforting ideas, and cloak… — Anonymous 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
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
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
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