All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
The ideal to which John Adams subscribed-that we would be a nation of laws, not of men-was quickly subverted when the churches… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Revival, as contrasted with a Holy Ghost atmosphere is a clean- cut breakthrough of the Spirit, a sweep of Holy Ghost power,… — Norman Grubb Copy Share Image
“Almost every person related to me that it was God, not a preacher, who showed them what they were doing was wrong.… — Darren Wilson Copy Share Image
I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Jesus died for our sins” has been understood. Among some Christians, it is seen as an essential doctrinal element in the Christian… — Marcus J. Borg Copy Share Image
I have urged on woman independence of man, not that I do not think the sexes mutually needed by one another, but… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
A person like me who has grown up in a mixed culture ought to be spiritual. My mother is a Catholic, my… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
“True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
In 1844, Karl Marx said, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." He said this at a time when opium and opium… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Jesus was not famous in his day. If there were no Bible, there would have been no record of him. The record… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Daisy has a unique spirit. A warm and romantic nature. If she is forced into a loveless marriage, she will be devastated.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I have long believed that celebrity, the way we worship and package and sell our pop stars, is what filled the need… — Rich Cohen Copy Share Image
“Often when people try to say what the Bible is about, they let their own mindset ride roughshod over what actually lies… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
I understood that our entire universe is contained in the mind and the spirit. We may choose not to find access to… — Alexander Shulgin Copy Share Image
“The great creeds, when they refer to Jesus, pass directly from his virgin birth to his suffering and death. The four gospels… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys football team for most of three decades, said, “The job of a football coach is… — Donald S. Whitney Copy Share Image
“Christians have been beaten, whipped, starved, humiliated, mutilated, tortured, hung, burned at the stake, crucified, and fed to lions; yet two thousand… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus Christ was,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Understand and apply this vital principle to your life: Your exercise of faith builds character. Fortified character expands your capacity to exercise… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Many civil marriages are not considered 'holy matrimony' by religious institutions because they do not conform to the rules of the religious… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
“The Bible is not a set of instructions that can give us simple answers,” wrote Webber, “nor a text with which to… — Sara Miles Copy Share Image
Remaining calm in adversity is a sign of great spiritual strength. No matter what's going on in your life right now, Hold… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
People are always talking about the first church. The real first church was that gaggle of people who followed Jesus around. We… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I have encountered a few 'creationists' and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide whether they… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“ OLYMPAS: There is one doubt. When souls attain Such an unimagined gain Shall not others mark them, wise Beyond mere mortal… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
However, after the assassination of Salman Taseer, the killer of Salman Taseer was welcomed by the religious fanatics. And they showered rose… — Shahbaz Bhatti Copy Share Image
The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Before creation I alone was, there was no other existence of the nature of cause and effect different from Me. After the… — Veda Vyasa Copy Share Image
“Modalism was the view that evidently was held by a majority of Christians at the beginning of the third century—including the most… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
I think that the authority of Scripture must be accepted by Catholics and Protestants, and that if our doctrinal judgments are not… — Matthew Levering Copy Share Image
“In the life of Moses, in Hebrew folklore, there is a remarkable passage. Moses finds a shepherd in the desert. He spends… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
Some spiritual traditions view the moment of birth as a passage from a state of wholeness and knowledge to a state of… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in…… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The writer is a spiritual anarchist, as in the depth of his soul every man is. He is discontented with everything and… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“And so will I here state just plainly and briefly that I accept God. But I must point out one thing: if… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
To .. all the dispossessed youth of Africa: for perpetuation of communion with ancestral spirits through the fight for African freedom, and… — Jomo Kenyatta Copy Share Image
You ought not to accept the claim that this is a religious practice. I think that's, frankly, problematic for Islam, for well-intentioned… — Jason Kenney Copy Share Image