Religion Quotes · Page 530

I suppose I'd characterize myself as having a faith-based optimism. My faith is parental and Darwinian.

— Denis Hayes

“Heart connection brings meaning to life and spirit to body.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

I understand that not everyone shares my faith and some find it difficult to reconcile with their own beliefs.

— Israel Folau

There may be no city in the clouds, but dreaming of it can enliven the spirit.

— Gregory Maguire

Divided as we may be by religion, we are united by charity.

— Rashi

Being Jewish in West L.A., my religion was watching comedy. That felt like God to me.

— Molly Gordon

There will always be a spiritual light that beckons to us, giving us the hope of rescue and relief.

— L. Whitney Clayton

I have never hid my spiritual roots. They just weren't something that came under the spotlight.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

Motivation is awakening own mind and Inspiration is arising spirit in others to find their own with their heart and soul in…

— Anuj

In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the…

— Nhat Hanh

Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how…

— Martin Luther

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

— Steve Earle

If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the…

— Henri Matisse

One of the earliest religious disappointments in a young girl's life devolves upon her unanswered prayer for a horse.

— Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies. When we believe that ours is…

— Nhat Hanh

“This is a way of saying that our deepest spiritual, religious, and psychological problems are extremely simple. Just go out and look…

— Alan W. Watts

Let the Bible be the Bible. It's not about science. It's not accurate history. It is a grab bag of religious fantasies…

— Martin Gardner

The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age text known as the Old…

— Anonymous

“Obama declined to hold public services in the White House commemorating the National Day of Prayer, which had been the practice of…

— Reed Ralph

Now that they talk about Islam as being a violent faith, when you look at the history of Christendom, the Crusades and…

— Desmond Tutu

“I think the world will be a better place when science has swept all religion into the dustbin of history. What is…

— Mary Doria Russell

But if there has been on this earth no real, perfect human life, no love that never cooled, no faith that never…

— Frederick William Robertson

My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me…

— Thomas a Kempis

I think "God" is an off-putting word. I don't think there's a name for this. I think it's a presence that is…

— Sinead O'Connor

The best religion is the religion that brings you closest to God.

— Howard Storm

“The process of dying is falling asleep. The process of death is waking up.”

— J.Adam Snyder

Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.

— Novalis

A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.

— Bill Johnson

A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.

— James E. Faust

We are material beings for but a moment in time, but we are spiritual beings forever.

— Marianne Williamson

I absolutely have no faith in humanity. Animals treat each other better than humans do.

— Anonymous

St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.

— Frank McCourt

I am fascinated in religion and theology and what people believe.

— Sarah Wayne Callies

Live your life in a sublime spirit of confidence and determination.

— Neville Goddard

Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights, drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

— Bobby Bare

“There‟s already a distance between the spirit of Jesus and the Bible.”

— Vishwanath

Lord, there's danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands.

— Joni Mitchell

Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our…

— Anonymous

So long as even a single dog in my country is without food, my whole religion will be to feed it.

— Swami Vivekananda

“Only 9 percent of evangelicals tithe to their churches. • Eight hundred new church plants survive each”

— James MacDonald