Religion Quotes · Page 378

“That’s the spirit. Now the next time you say it, say it without looking like your puppy just died.”

— S.C. Stephens

“To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh.

— John Owen

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms.

— Anonymous

“If I were a religious person, I would have been very freaking one; mixture of logic and lie.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

What indicates a person’s weak religion and fear of God, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire.

— Ibn Hazm

Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.

— James Carville

This same habitual blindness to spiritual, substantive dimensions of every significant challenge continues to handicap Hollywood.

— Michael Medved

It must surely be a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that even a small number of those men and…

— Howard Zinn

Spiritual experiences and their results are not meant for the individual. They are for the evolution of the whole race.

— Andrew Cohen

I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising…

— Anonymous

I always try to take performances as an opportunity to implant my spirit into the hearts and minds of anyone in a…

— Vic Mensa

If we ask of the saints how they achieved spiritual effectiveness, they are only able to reply that, insofar as they did…

— Evelyn Underhill

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.

— Woodrow Wilson

“You’re in my every breath and every thought, intertwined so deep inside me that love’s not a strong enough word—you have my…

— Nalini Singh

Many ministers are afraid that if they do not fulfill their peoples expectations they will hurt their feelings and lose their support.…

— John Bevere

“Edward Tylor noted in 1874 that the religions of “savage” societies were “almost devoid of that ethical element which to the educated…

— Robert Wright

The meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future. The claim that we would…

— Bill Nye

“Nothing is stopping you except the names and identities that you've given to yourself. If you identify yourself as a scientist, you…

— Shunya

“This is not what death should be. Death, the reason for religion, the subject of great literature, the certainty we spend our…

— Jessica Zafra

“Religious differences were often a barrier to close ties between Jews and Christians. The word religion comes from a Latin word meaning…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“Once day when the final trumpet sounds and my life is over...It won't matter anymore if I Rich or Poor, Democratic or…

— Timothy Pina

It is evident from their writings that the Founding Fathers would never have tolerated the separation that we have embraced today. They…

— David Barton

I personally wouldn't be where I am without my faith. I know that for a fact.

— Rich Froning Jr

Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best.

— John Donne

In any spiritual undertaking, God's first order of business is to see to the spiritual health of His people.

— Max Anders

It is not difficult to find a religious justification for killing.

— Karen Armstrong

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.

— Barbara Johnson

Maintain a spirit of peace and you will save a thousand souls.

— Seraphim of Sarov

At the extremes it is difficult to distinguish pseudoscience from rigid, doctrinaire religion.

— Carl Sagan

No religion has a separate God showering grace only on those who profess to abide by that faith.

— Sathya Sai Baba

I consider the Christian religion so important, [Jesus is] somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind.

— Donald Trump

“The spiritual is a slave to righteousness in Christ Jesus.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I speak not of men's creeds - they rest between Man and his Maker.

— Anonymous

Jesus invested everything he had in a team. The Bible knows nothing about solo ministry, only team ministry.

— Leonard Sweet

(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

“In the movies, God is an actor just like everyone else.”

— Kris Kidd

E.P. Whipple calls fanaticism "religion caricatured," which is a full definition in a word.

— James Parton