“Public theology is first and foremost a reaction against the tendency to privatize the faith, restricting it to the question of an… — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
“Poem (the spirit likes to dress up) The spirit likes to dress up like this: ten fingers, ten toes, shoulders, and all… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Know that holiness too is a part of love and you are a saint of my destiny, a religion of my life,… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“…Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I don't know what will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. We're more… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die: but… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I mean a spiritual fear of being weak, to the very soul, the fear which makes you hate, because you are too… — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance is up.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“The Reformation cracked the marble walls of empire, but the restoration still calls to us today. We are living in another awakening,… — Angel Tate Keaton & Todd G Keaton Copy Share Image
“If someone who had given up his whole life to thinking about goodness and rightness and truth and still expected nuns to… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“The modern age has witnessed the rise of a number of new natural-law religions, such as liberalism, Communism, capitalism, nationalism and Nazism.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
When spiritual seeking becomes too complicated, its exercies too elaborated, its doctrines too esoteric, it becomes also too artificial and the resulting… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
You would get longer livelier and more frequent letters from me, if it weren't for the Christian religion. How that bell tolling… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions. One man's… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
“ways in which our smartphones are changing us and undermining our spiritual health: Our phones amplify our addiction to distractions (chapter 1) and… — Tony Reinke Copy Share Image
As the United States drifts from its Judeo-Christian foundation and as the state becomes ever more pervasive in American life, government could… — H. Wayne House Copy Share Image
“Amazing that we made Jesus into the consummate answer giver because that is not what he usually does. He more often leads… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The law, and society, and religion all said it was impossible to be sane, healthy, and kill yourself. Perhaps those authorities feared… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many… — Gregory S. Paul Copy Share Image
“As Einstein once said, “It is the theory which decides what can be observed.” But I must add that prior to theory… — Vernon L. Smith Copy Share Image
“There is a vast difference between being a Christian and being a disciple. The difference is commitment. Motivation and discipline will not… — Greg Ogden Copy Share Image
“The gospel, if it is really believed, removes neediness - the need to be constantly respected, appreciated, and well regarded; the need… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable — it is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“So I really appreciate your coming to have this conversation,” the Dalai Lama said. “In order to develop our mind, we must… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Most Christians are not convinced of their own faith. I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
“My loss of faith is sudden, and it's not so much a conversion as a reappraisal. Children are still modeling the world,… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
Of course, even the general designation 'religious' includes various basic ideas or convictions, for example, the indestructibility of the soul, the eternity… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“When considering the topic of spirituality or religion, I would encourage you to look at Christianity first. It is a testable religion.… — Jon Morrison Copy Share Image
“Kitty made the acquaintance of Madame Stahl too, and this acquaintance, together with her friendship with Varenka, did not merely exercise a… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Well, sure, maybe religion serves a purpose, but maybe religion’s role is not to give us the answers, but to give us… — Anna Hammond Copy Share Image
“The cure for hatred is straightforward. One should pray for the person toward whom he feels hatred; make specific supplication mentioning this… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
“Preaching that makes a church Christ-like under grace takes a double miracle: the sinful preacher must be shaped by grace to preach;… — Christopher Ash Copy Share Image
“He knew from experience that true and obvious ideas, such as the ineffable wisdom and judgment of the Great God Om, seemed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When I think about the cause I'm most passionate about, it's all in my music all the time, because I'm always singing… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
“If I were you," he said with a wink and a smile as his eyes swept over those who's started the discussion,… — Wayne Jacobsen Copy Share Image
They say that when god was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
