Religion Quotes · Page 467

A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men.

— Billy Cannon

Having received the Spirit of Christ to know good from evil, we should always choose the good.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

If you ask me what is civilisation, it's little more than an act of faith.

— Mary Beard

An everlasting lodestar, that beams the brighter in the heavens the darker here on earth grows the night.

— Thomas Carlyle

If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.

— Vance Havner

My religion and my family are the two most important things in my life. But I love basketball.

— Shawn Bradley

“Being called "closed-minded" by religious people is like being called yellow by a bunch of bananas.”

— Pat Condell

somewhere about the eighteenth century, history tacitly replaced religion as the school of public morals.

— C. V. Wedgwood

“Why can’t they see that spiritualism and science are one? That bodies evolve and souls evolve and the universe is a fluid…

— Garth Stein

“The Scriptures picture the church as an essential, chosen organism in whom Christ dwells; the reality is that people view the church…

— Greg Ogden

“Because we have shut out the Holy Spirit in so many ways, we are stumbling along as though we are spiritually blindfolded.…

— Winfield Bevins

“Realize that God uses the fires of life to purify your faith, to shape you into Christ’s image, and to cause you…

— Elizabeth George

We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the…

— Stephen Hawking

There are people of spirit and there are people of passion, both less common than one might think. Rarer still are the…

— Martin Buber

you can't really separate modernity from history or spiritual concerns from mundane ones. Everything feeds into everything else.

— G. Willow Wilson

“Jesus didn't die on the cross just to keep you safe. He died to make you dangerous--a threat to the enemy. He…

— Mark Batterson

For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is "hurry". And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and…

— Burton Hill

True piety admits no other rule than that whatsoever things have been faithfully received from our fathers the same are to be…

— Vincent of Lerins

“Jesus knew that many of his listeners believed the old wineskin (or way of doing things) was good enough. They were comfortable…

— Margaret Feinberg

“I have considered the impudent accusations of Mr Dawkins with exasperation at his lack of serious scholarship. He has apparently not read…

— Richard Dawkins

A symbol in Chinese Buddhism is the lotus plant, which regenerates every year, symbolizing life, renewal, and the Buddha himself. Actually it…

— Alvin Leung

I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working…

— Sarah Palin

When I pray the Lord's Prayer, I begin with the first word, "Our. . ." (see Matthew 6:9) and I stop and…

— Samir Selmanovic

Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

— William Hazlitt

In the Bhagavat culture worship of the spiritual master plays a very important role in our life.

— Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

“Social media will prove to be the death bed of all religions.”

— Shesh Nath Vernwal

“When the soul harmonized with the spirit, there is happiness.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

God has given us the gift of faith that we can take what's unseen and make it part of who we are.

— David Jeremiah

It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Don't pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a hard one.

— Anonymous

“You must have faith in yourself before you have faith in anyone else.”

— Ronnie Riggar

Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The law you submit to uncritically indicates your religious commitment.”

— Joseph C. Morecraft III

“RELIGION is like a rocket. Use it to raise your consciousness only. Drop it when you are in your ORBIT.”

— Nishant Dutt

These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.

— Dan Rather

“When one has little faith, one must survive from day to day signs-”

— Stephen King

Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.

— Henry David Thoreau

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America.

— Allan Bloom

Love is when a man wipes your tears, even after you left Him hanging on the cross for your sins.à

— Anonymous