“. . . for us there still exists a serene, unfathomable abyss in which God and the spirits dwell. The soul, in… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share Image
This [the opening of the Vatican City radio station built by Marconi earlier in 1931] was a new demonstration of the harmony… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
“The names of the twelve qualities reveal their natures. These names are not given to them until they are called to discipleship.… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
“written, “A Christian is one who points at Christ and says, ‘I can’t prove a thing, but there’s something about his eyes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
For me at this time in my life I recognize that everything is about moving closer to that which is God. And… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“A true theology must be a preachable theology, and it must speak to the hearts and minds of believers, even if they… — Gerald Bray Copy Share Image
My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“..if you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
If this understanding of the good news of Jesus prevailed among Christians, the belief that Jesus’s message is about how to get… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
My friends all regarded me as a man of unsound mind because I held the view that my wife was with me… — Alex Campbell Copy Share Image
“In the great spiritual traditions of the world, attachments are seen as any concerns that usurp our desire for love, anything that… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
In politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word… — Louis Berkhof Copy Share Image
“I don’t know why you’re fighting it, Len. One, he’s frigging gorgeous. Two, he’s so frigging gorgeous you need to count it… — Josephine Angelini Copy Share Image
The vestiges of pagan religion in Christian symbology are undeniable. Egyptian sun disks became the halos ... The pre-Christian God Mithras ...… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
He will be the best Christian who has Christ for his Master, and truly follows Him. Some are disciples of the church,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“But, like all indulgences that are valued not just for their product but for their process, the sento will never entirely disappear.… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“Environment is a sculptor—a painter. If we had been born in Constantinople, the most of us would have said: "There is no… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“That trip to India, the poverty. No God I can imagine would let that happen. Then I came home and started noticing… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Sadly, many individuals don't know where to find God, and exclude him from their lives. When spiritual needs arise, they may look… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
“Religion was supposed to be a matter of faith. Gods were not supposed to jump on your desk and snarl at you.… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Before you disagree make sure you understand. In other words, we must make sure that we can describe another's theological position as… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
In my eyes, concepts of theology have only as much value as they are able to interpret experience. It seems to me… — Eugen Drewermann Copy Share Image
“Resilience is a person’s capacity to “bounce back” after a difficult or traumatic experience.It’s more than just a person’s ability to adapt… — Daniel D. Maurer Copy Share Image
The BIBLE - banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Faith in God is; I believe therefore I see. Not the other way around. Seeing before believing. For we walk by faith… — Geraldine Vermaak Copy Share Image
“Some people like to argue about God.” “Not necessary,” he said. “I have good idea, for if you meet some person from… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
...our life crises tell us that we need to break free of beliefs that no longer serve our personal development. These points… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
We can safely say, therefore, that whereas some moralists may find it possible to make a distinction between two spheres and reigns-one… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
We are justified freely, for Christ’s sake, by faith, without the exertion of our own strength, gaining of merit, or doing of… — Gerhard Copy Share Image
“He and his fellow pastors attacked the public schools for teaching “immorality” and “secular humanism.” But what bothered pious members of his… — Frances FitzGerald Copy Share Image
Faith is trusting Jesus to lead us and going where He leads. What avails it to me to analyze Saratoga water, and… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
It is interesting that liberals don't mind a strong faith at all. When it's their guy with a strong faith - whether… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
“But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
If Muslims want to take their disputes to religious arbitrators because they genuinely believe that it's a matter of great spiritual importance… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself… — John Adams Copy Share Image