Religion Quotes · Page 518

From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people.

— Mary McCarthy

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“Faith in Qur'anic revelation unveils all the possibilities that lie before the human intellect.”

— Osman Bakar

Jesus rose from the dead. It is a fact of life and of scriptures.

— Easter

In my religion, there would be no exclusive doctrine; all would be love, poetry, and doubt.

— Cyril Connolly

I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.

— Vera Farmiga

“Some sorrows are so large they cannot be carried by a single pair of hands...”

— Laura Kauffman

The East caused all the problems and the West gets all the blame.

— Steve Fowler

The work of God's Holy Spirit begins with bruising. In order to be saved, the fallow ground must be plowed up, the…

— Charles Spurgeon

“One is astute when he shows no weakness at all after attaining religion [of the Self and works towards the ultimate liberation].”

— Dada Bhagwan

We cannot make up for failure in our devotional life by redoubling energy in service. We shall never take people beyond our…

— William Griffith Thomas

Christianity is, above all other religions ever known, a religion of sacrifice. It is a religion founded on the greatest of all…

— Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence.

— Soren Kierkegaard

“vital role of the imagination in spiritual formation is to help a young person make meaningful connections between the church, the world,…

— Sarah Arthur

“Look at the commencement of His ministry. In the Beatitudes with which the Sermon on the Mount opens, He speaks: “Blessed are…

— Andrew Murray

And yet this same Deity says to me, resist not evil; pray for those that despitefully use you; love your enemies, but…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

To say grace, knowing that people on this globe are starving, indicates a highly selfish acquiescence in the arrogantly supposed favoritism of…

— Barbara Smoker

Things in this world are temporary. If events are turning WELL, enjoy them; If they go WRONG, don't worry, they won't last…

— Anonymous

IF WE AND OUR POSTERITY SHALL BE TRUE TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, IF WE AND THEY SHALL LIVE ALWAYS IN THE FEAR…

— Daniel Webster

“If the invariable human problem with the sacred is its intangibility, its elusiveness, here all complaints are surely laid to rest. For…

— Sadhguru

“Someone inquired of a Hindu who had a great serenity and peace about him, no matter what pressures were put upon him,…

— Stephen R. Covey

People are not losing their religious needs, but they are going to three places to get their needs met. One is to…

— Huston Smith

Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you are burying…

— Anonymous

If the God of revelation is most appropriately worshipped in the temple of religion, the God of nature may be equally honored…

— David Brewster

It is more than a book, it is an institution which rules the Christian world.

— Philip Schaff

“She was eight years old, with the body of a child, but her spirit was weighed down by an adult suffering.”

— Somaly Mam

Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

— Richard Cecil

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.

— Donna Mills

Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.

— Adam Hamilton

As a nation, I believe we've acquired faith in ourselves.

— Indira Gandhi

The gospel impacts the way we do our work in ways that hopefully brings a greater flourishing to our world.

— David Kim

“Conservative Christians take every word of the Bible literally except for the part about Loving Thy Neighbor.”

— J.Adam Snyder

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Psychological or spiritual development always requires a greater capacity for anxiety and ambiguity.”

— Carl Jung

Faith is led confidently to expect what reason would never suggest.

— Charles Spurgeon

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

— Mary Douglas

That cannot be a true religion which needs carnal weapons to uphold it.

— Roger Williams

I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.

— Aaron Paul

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

— Voltaire

Prayer is the evidence that I am spiritually concentrated on God.

— Oswald Chambers