I know that I had not faith, unless the faith of a devil, the faith of Judas, that speculative, notional, airy shadow,… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Now, we know this is what [H.P.] Lovecraft was into. Because he kept talking about how he wasn't interested in religion. In… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
I am the stereo-typical classic lapsed Catholic. Religious themes crop up in my songs sometimes as metaphors and other kinds of touchstones… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
Out of the element of participation follows the certainty of faith; out of the element of separation follows the doubt in faith.… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“[M]ost Americans are still drawing some water from the Christian well. But a growing number are inventing their own versions of what… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“When I heard of the shady tactics of the Moonies, my initial indignation was modified by empathy. I remembered only too well… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
“All that the Lord thy God commands thee to do, that do thou to the Lord thy God: add nothing to it,… — John Knox Copy Share Image
“If you want to find out if someone is truly holy, don't ask them whether they believe in god, ask them instead,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Tremendous purity, tremendous renunciation, is the one secret of spirituality. “Neither through wealth, nor through progeny, but through renunciation alone is immortality… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“If the devil be actually among us, then for the sake of much which has seemed crass in orthodox religion, thus completely… — Arthur Edward Waite Copy Share Image
The spiritual uplift, the goodwill, cheerfulness and optimism that accompanies every expedition to the outdoors is the peculiar spirit that our people… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
There is a spiritual side to our connection with the planet. And in this material world, that's anathema. It is somewhat worrying.… — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Christ’s passivity in his resurrection reflects his identification and solidarity with believers in being raised from the dead. For Paul—certainly not in… — Richard B. Jr. Gaffin Copy Share Image
In the larger scheme of things, God has commonly effected this purifying by revival or judgement. Strange though it may seem, there… — Arthur Wallis Copy Share Image
The Bible is endlessly interesting because it is God's story, and God by nature is himself endlessly interesting. The Bible is an… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
All art is based on nonconformity ... Without nonconformity we would have had no Bill of Rights or Magna Carta, no public… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
Being Christian without the Church doesn't make sense. That's why the great Paul VI, said that the most absurd dichotomy is loving… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Pain is pain and sorrow is sorrow. It hurts. It limits. It impoverishes. It isolates. It restrains. It works devastation deep within… — Margaret Clarkson Copy Share Image
If you look at the practice of 'crisis management,' and maybe squint at it a little, you can make out in the… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
“ Who Needs A Holiday? Homecoming: We tailgate all football season--it’s almost a religion--but nothing compares to homecoming. Darling, you better watch… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
Darling, if I think of all I miss now, I will go crazy. I should not think of that. I only want… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“I am still not good enough. I am still not whole enough. I am still not pure enough. I am still weakness… — Anna White Copy Share Image
Everything is in your face. The battle is that you're getting things from all ends like never before and the intensity is… — Jeremy Camp Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend in an important degree… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis Copy Share Image
“I believe with perfect faith that at this very moment millions of human beings are standing at crossroads and intersections, in jungles… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
Life is trying to teach us one thing: to see the Eck, Holy Spirit, in the eyes of all we meet. This… — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Today we face many problems. Some are created essentially by ourselves based on divisions due to ideology, religion, race, economic status, or… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was quite the other way about, which is the painless explanation… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Archaeology is a science, and like all sciences, has its limitations. For one, archaeological discoveries made in the past centuries have been… — Randall Price Copy Share Image
Inspiration is not inside of us. Inspiration comes from outside. It comes from our spiritual guides and from different energies that are… — Airto Moreira Copy Share Image
“again…History shows that revival begins with the Christians being brought to their knees. It is a flood of deep conviction, purging and… — Andrew Strom Copy Share Image
I was deeply influenced by an Episcopal laywoman named Agnes Sanford, who in her day was quite famous as a faith healer,… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The Obama administration contends that starting a for-profit business means leaving religious liberty behind. The administration has effectively told the Supreme Court… — Josh Hawley Copy Share Image
“The significance of establishing those two facts (1) that Jesus claimed to be God and (2) that He rose from the dead… — Evan Minton Copy Share Image
![“Now, we know this is what [H.P.] Lovecraft was into. Because he kept talking about how he wasn't interested in religion. In a heaven state there is no religion, meaning that you're seeing the whole thing ... I mean, to worship something means that it's something beyond you, right? In other words…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d02/paul-laffoley-7077_heaven_now-we-know-this-is-what-h-p-lovecraft-w_2029774.jpg)
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