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
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Let go of your ego's need to be right. When you're in the middle of an argument, ask yourself: Do I want… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The constant exercise of our faith by lofty thinking, prayer, devotion, and acts of righteousness is just as essential to spiritual health… — O. Leslie Stone Copy Share Image
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Religion asks you to believe things without questioning, and technology and science always encourage you to ask hard questions and why it… — Vinod Khosla 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
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
“And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, thought it too: that a… — Albert Camus 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
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Revelation 2: 1–7 confirms that the church was hard hit as a result of all of this, and by the end of… — Craig L. Blomberg Copy Share Image
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Some people are very earnest after the things of God, and he who seeks finds, and the more he seeks in the… — Charles W. Penrose 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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
[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
Forgiveness and the release of the past open the creative flow of life, supporting all levels of mind, heart, body, emotion, and… — Jamie Sams Copy Share Image
“2 Timothy 3:16 says the speaker, instructs us, to draw from the Word of God for doctrine – what is right. He… — John Pereira Copy Share Image
“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. Matt. xx. 18. Never had there been such a going up to Jerusalem as that which… — J. B. Stratton 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 gods and save your crops. And even Christianity, after all, insures heavily against the flaws in this life by belief in another.” quote by Rose Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/67f/rose-macaulay-8071_belief_religion-is-a-primitive-insurance-agains_2173210.jpg)
