Religion Quotes · Page 340

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

— James Anthony Froude

I thought of God as being able to talk big and write *very* small.

— John Hersey

Sex and death. Two things that come but once in my lifetime, but at least after death you're not nauseous.

— Woody Allen

“Be confident and the world responds to your confidence, rewards your faith.”

— Jess Walter

“If you can’t move a mountain by faith, move it by carrying away stone by stone.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.

— Thomas Paine

“One great function of Bible verses: To keep us from drawing false inferences from other Bible verses.”

— John Piper

New believers are the lifeblood of the church. We can either evangelize or fossilize.

— Greg Laurie

The NGOs in Israel should devote more time to monitoring religious anti-Israel groups, chief among them the so-called "Christian Palestinianists."

— Manfred Gerstenfeld

In the long run, the government can't bring revival; only the Church can do that. But government can keep us safe and…

— Robert Jeffress

Dave [Holland] plays the way he wants to play. And it's usually what's needed. You know, Dave is such a deep thinker.…

— Miles Davis

Jesus Christ said, 'I pray your faith will not fail.' This means your faith will be tested. What is testing your faith…

— T. B. Joshua

Faith honors God and God honors faith! God will never lead us to the place where He cannot guide us. He will…

— Albert Kang

It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.

— Owen Feltham

To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to…

— C. S. Lewis

In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.

— Barbara De Angelis

Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too…

— John Flavel

We are a people of many races, many faiths, creeds, and religions. I do not think that the men who made the…

— John Dewey

“In the first of these senses, neither Christ nor the Christian is supposed to be the world’s servant. Jesus is obedient, not…

— Avery Dulles

“I wanted to confront her, to make her see the folly of her religion, to change her diet, to help her spend…

— Gary Shteyngart

“It may seem seem cynical to see all religion as basically self-serving, and indeed the idea has been put pithily by a…

— Robert Wright

There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling…

— John Hope Bryant

“That human life is but a first installment of the serial soul and that one's individual secret is not lost in the…

— Vladimir Nabokov

I grew tired of religion some time not long after birth. I believe in people, I believe in humans, I believe in…

— John Malkovich

I won't let you be disappointed; I will show you my fighting spirit.

— Kris Wu

We are all on a journey of faith, and we have to polish that faith.

— Regina Brett

“In spiritual matters, the only real glory is in the renunciation of glorifying self.”

— Richard Wurmbrand

“Two thirds of faith is courage. Two thirds of hope is patience. Two thirds of virtue is love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Islam religion has no color distinction, we are just Muslims.

— Muhammad Ali

If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you already have the Holy Spirit living within you.

— David Jeremiah

“He can't go five minutes without quoting scripture. It's like biblical Tourettes.”

— Dawn Jayne

“Faith, sir, as to that matter, I don't believe one half of it myself.”

— Diedrich Knichkerbocker

When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice?

— Amy Carmichael

The Spirit of God is not something less than God, - it is God.

— Edward Elgar

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

— Iris DeMent

The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“It is called Purusharth (real spiritual effort) if it certainly becomes fruitful!”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both.”

— Abhijit Naskar

If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith.

— Elizabeth Gilbert