“In Pioche, Nevade [while in hiding], in April 1871, he [Philip Klingonsmith] made his affidavit regarding the massacre, the first of all… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“My statement to Harris that his book contains much to admire is specious hyperbole. In The End of Faith , Harris rails… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.”… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population. That is because religious people form communities of… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
There are two principal points of attention necessary for the preservation of this constant spirit of prayer which unites us with God;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“There is a now Word of God for you, a now revelation from the Holy Spirit, that has direct bearing on your… — Terry Law Copy Share Image
“We desire more public space for secularism, space that would recognize secularism as a legitimate moral stance. But we simultaneously desire more… — Janet Jakobsen Copy Share Image
“Spiritual assets make us more resilient to the trauma and difficult experiences life inevitably throws at us. Since spiritual assets bring us… — Daniel D. Maurer Copy Share Image
In the East all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East everybody is against the ego from the very beginning. Because… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Even if I believed there was a real Jesus, I wouldn't fall for that line of hogwash. The "Virgin" Mary should get… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Now they always accuse me of carrying around a sledge hammer with which to pound the church members. Yes sir, I do… — Mordecai Ham Copy Share Image
I think that to have known one good, old man-one man, who, through the chances and mischances of a long life, has… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
“There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience,… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
To a crisis of the spirit, we need an answer of the spirit. To find that answer, we need only look within… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
We are all in this together. With fellow ward members and missionaries, we plan and pray and help one another. Please keep… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
“In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand narratives, its hard-nosed disenchantment with… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass… — Adam Sedgwick Copy Share Image
I could characterize nearly any spiritual practice as simply this: identify and quit, identify and quit, identify and quit. Identify the myriad… — Bo Lozoff Copy Share Image
Every time we turn to Christ in faith it is like a moment of Sabbath, a little foretaste of eternal rest and… — Phillip Cary Copy Share Image
“It is important to note that the Great Reversal preceded the rise of the welfare state in America. Lyndon Johnson’s War on… — Steve Corbett Copy Share Image
“Those who profess to be the most religious are not necessarily the most loving, merciful, tolerant, affirming, and emotionally healthy human beings.… — Steve Daily Copy Share Image
“At issue here is the question: "To whom do I belong? God or to the world?" Many of my daily preoccupations suggest… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
And therefore you who think so basely of the Gospel and the professors of it, because at present their peace and comfort… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Spiritual beings do not sweat life's small stuff. They also know that most of what drives us crazy in life is small… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
I simply care nothing for any of your religions, as all three are fundamentally flawed, unlike the Church of Common Sense, right… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“What, more realistically, is this “mutation,” the “new man”? He is the rootless man, discontinuous with a past that Nihilism has destroyed,… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
The early Christians' opponents all accepted that Jesus existed, taught, had disciples, worked miracles, and was put to death on a Roman… — Graham Stanton Copy Share Image
He that puts on a religious habit abroad to gain himself a great name among men, and at the same time lives… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
“But America, as I look at you from afar, I wonder whether your moral and spiritual progress has been commensurate with your… — Clayborne Carson Copy Share Image
“I held it out and Caleb took it. This was the first book he had held in his hands. He made me… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“The words of God’s messengers are treasured by the community to which they are given, perhaps more in later years than when… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“With great abilities come great responsibilities; great power comes with great assignments. With great age comes great reasoning; great actions come great… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Mind is politics, because mind is ambitious and ambition is the root of politics. If you are ambitious you are political. Your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This easy obedience to tyrants, which often verged on devotion, always surprised him. He had come to believe that the majority of… — Albert Cossery Copy Share Image
It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image