“The books we read help to shape who we are. Reading offers us, as children, our first independence- allowing us to travel… — Ben Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The West is a civilization that has survived all the prophecies of its collapse with a singular stratagem. Just as the bourgeoisie… — The Invisible Committee Copy Share Image
If these holy places, things, and days cease to remind us, if they obliterate our awareness that all ground is holy and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Conversion can also occur among those who already have the faith. Christians will become real Christians, with less façade and more foundation.… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“IN 1710, THE ENGLISH FREETHINKER Thomas Woolston (1670–1731) expressed his confidence that religion would vanish by 1900.1 Voltaire (1695–1778) thought this much… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
If the world is to hear the church's voice today, leaders are needed who are authoritative, spiritual, and sacrificial. Sacrificial, because this… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
We may compare the Bible to the Old Testament Tabernacle in the wilderness with its three courts. The outer court is the… — Arthur Tappan Pierson Copy Share Image
“If three men couldn’t see eye to eye on who among them was and was not the real Jesus, your chances of… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
Occasionally some individuals let the seeming ordinariness of life dampen their spirits. Though actually coping and growning, others lack the quiet, inner-soul… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about; and those who preach faith and enable and… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought.… — Richard Rolle Copy Share Image
If I have read religious history aright, faith, hope, and charity have not always been found in a direct ratio with a… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is awareness, and to it there are many paths, not all of them paved with logic. But sometimes one is guided… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
There is a tradition of "modernist" theology arising out of post-Kantian thought - Fichte was the real father of it, but Schleiermacher… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“We can always be sure of one thing—that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and pelted by those who… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Marconi said, "I see you have your instruments. Can any of you sing? The old spirituals work best." John said, "I can… — David Wong Copy Share Image
The great majority of the Christian world is still weeping at the foot of the cross. The consciousness of man is fixed… — John G. Lake Copy Share Image
Women opened the windows of my eyes and the doors of my spirit. Had it not been for the woman-mother, the woman-sister,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“By all means let us agree that we are pattern-seeking mammals and that, owing to our restless intelligence and inquisitiveness, we will… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by contrary evidence,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“We all colour devotion according to our own likings and dispositions. One man sets great value on fasting, and believes himself to… — Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
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God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us… — Bono Copy Share Image
If the photographer is to create works that will stand for his spirit in the same way as artists in other genres,… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
“Those whose acquaintance with scientific research is derived chiefly from its practical results easily develop a completely false notion of the mentality… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“In the Spirit Building there are thousands upon thousands of jars containing fish or snake, octopus or lobster, pickled to the life.… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction and between profession and practice - that is to say… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
At first, not having Mina with us made us all feel lonely, and there was an emptiness without her. However, Mina is… — Momo Hirai Copy Share Image
Whatever my lens is, it's always going to be trying my best to see something through what I believe is going to… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
“Doing things for others can make the 'giver' happy, but trying to change or control another will drive you crazy, because it… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
We must learn to recognize nature's truths even though we don't understand them, for some of those truths may still be beyond… — John E. Sarno Copy Share Image
The best assurance any one can have of his interest in God, is doubtless the conformity of his soul to Him. When… — Ralph Cudworth Copy Share Image
It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
![“WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but also that which is apprehended by the soul, the conviction that the object [of belief] is exactly as it is apprehended. If, as regards real or supposed truths, you…” quote by Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/fbb/maimonides-2639_articles_when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in_78488.jpg)
