“The aristocratic interiority is centered on the higher mind, the mens, the ajna chakra, the seat of intellect and intuition that commands… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
“When I'm brave and strong, and care for children and the sick and the poor, I become a better person. And when… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
Like all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
“I once read a short story about some cannibals who didn't turn their victims into steaks and chops and roasts; they made… — Pete Hautman Copy Share Image
There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood has been… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
The only thing that kept me going was stories. Stories are hope. They take you out of yourself for a bit, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We can already say emphatically that there is no longer any solid basis for dating any book of the New Testament after… — William F. Albright Copy Share Image
Eve doubted God, and I as a child of God am now to be exactly the opposite: I am to believe him.… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Many a man, brought up in the glib profession of some shallow form of Christianity, who comes through reading Astronomy to realize… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Many readers are familiar with the spirit and the letter of the definition of “prayer,” as given by Ambrose Bierce in his… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The Real (Sat) is indestructible whereas the religions that are being followed in the world are all relative, they are destructible. Real… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
In the move The Last Emperor, the young child anointed as the last emperor of China lives a magical life of luxury… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Scripture describes God’s saving acts as words of God, speeches of God. Salvation begins when God speaks his decree before time. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Fasting is a spiritual exercise whose purpose is to subject the body to the liberating yoke of Jesus. As Wendell Berry puts… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
I give thank for God for my roots in the Word of Faith teachings. It is truly on the shoulders of great… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
“The church itself is a spiritual director. It tries to connect your story with God's story. Just to be a true part… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The law of manifestation operates like a triangle: First, know what you want and visualize it as if you already had it;… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Christians were never meant to be normal. We’ve always been holy troublemakers, we’ve always been creators of uncertainty, agents of dimension that’s… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“She considered herself too smart to believe in things she had no evidence for, and that behaved in ways that violated every… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Christianity isn’t moving people’s lives today. What’s moving people’s lives is the stock market and the baseball scores. What are people excited… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. I merely give robust expression… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Nature and training (in any sport or art) can teach us all the spiritual laws I describe in another book, The Laws… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular. There was not a single… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Walking and overcoming by faith is not easy. For one thing, the dimension of time constantly constrains our perspective. Likewise, the world… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“An individual enters the final stages of the Way when the nafs begins to release its grip on the qalb, thus allowing… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
In the land of Israel was born the Jewish nation. There came an order to kill the religious and social spirit of… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Through my Faith-Based and Community Initiative, my Administration continues to encourage the essential work of faith-based and community organizations. Governments can and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The author charted the importance of human examples on his spiritual journey, confessing that when harsh and domineering people based their bullying… — Don Wilton Copy Share Image
I am uncomfortable with talking of poetry as a priestly profession, because I have little use for organized religions and priestly hierarchies.… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Those who aren't following Jesus aren't his followers. Its that simple. Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. To follow… — Scot McKnight Copy Share Image
“Just as religion has fettered the human mind, and as property, or the monopoly of things, has subdued and stifled man’s needs,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“This is our faith: We may not always believe in ourselves, but we will never stop believing that to do good things… — George Anderson Copy Share Image