Religion Quotes · Page 295

People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.

— Anonymous

“I don't think it's spiritually economic to be a skeptic about absolutely everything.”

— Beth Nugent

I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly.

— Hozier

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

— Swami Vivekananda

People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws.

— Charles Bukowski

Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith dies.

— Anthony of Padua

There is One Infinite Spirit and every time man says, "I am" he proclaims it.

— Ernest Holmes

“evangelicals overestimate our size and influence as a movement.”

— John S. Dickerson

The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society.

— Adolf Hitler

In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!

— Tony Campolo

The pious and learned Jesuit, Suarez, Justus Lipsius, a devout and erudite theologian of Louvain, and many others have proved incontestably that…

— Louis de Montfort

The state exists to serve and protect every citizen, regardless of colour, creed, race or religion - and the welfare state should…

— Mehdi Hasan

“If someone presents you with a disturbing verse in the Bible in order to prove that the Bible is bad, you should…

— Trent Horn

Were the purportings of the Bible to be a revelation false, it would still be the truest book that was ever written.

— Augustus William Hare

We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates…

— Dalai Lama

The first ideas of religion arose, not from contemplation of the works of nature, but from a concern with regard to the…

— David Hume

“We can be sure that the fifth element (idea) was immaterial for Plato and Aristotle, who used the term aether. The fifth…

— Dejan Stojanovic

I contend that the time has come to develop what I call "integrated spiritual masters." These are individuals that have a full-on…

— James Arthur Ray

“The counsel and care of others, while helpful and necessary, is not the ultimate solution. Jesus is the one who gives strength…

— Stephen Altrogge

“Jesus did not come as an example for us, but of us. Beholding Jesus in any other way, sentimentally or religiously, will…

— François Du Toit

"Culture" is a new phenomenon, I believe. Culture is the new religion. People treat you based upon your culture. You are pushed…

— Burhan Sonmez

“For example, your man might think: I don’t steal. Maybe on my taxes, everyone does that, but not in the way I…

— Geoffrey Wood

Everybody has to find it whatever helps. Religion is very helpful for people. A good friend is very helpful. A priest is…

— Sherry Lansing

“In other words, the biblical writers were speaking to those who shared a rich cultural context, which shaped the way they communicated.…

— Ken Wilson

The concept of religious freedom is largely ignored in the curriculum of our nation's public schools.

— Charles Haynes

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

— Ignatius of Loyola

God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

— Randy Alcorn

True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises.

— Francis Chan

I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.

— Beatrix Potter

“when i'm reading the bible its feels like im the one who write it.”

— iloveyouliketheocean

American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.

— Jim DeMint

Freedom requires religion in society, not in individuals.

— Mitt Romney

If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Objectification is above all exteriorization, the alienation of spirit from itself.

— Nikolai Berdyaev

Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.

— Noah Webster

“Mission is not just something that the church does; it is something that is done by the Spirit, who”

— Lesslie Newbigin

In the Orthodox religion, you don't draw the human figure. It's against the rules.

— Paul Rand

“Hell,' I said, 'love is an American cult. We take it too seriously; it's practically a national religion.”

— Philip K. Dick

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

— James McGreevey

I am a believer in god, but I have not restricted myself to one religion. I have experienced many religions.

— Tanushree Dutta