Since I am as evil as can be, I do need religion to offset my evilness! — Rishi Kapoor Copy Share Image
There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
We should have to abandon our vested illusions, our irrational religions and patriotisms. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“To be called insane: challenge convention. To be called possessed: challenge religion.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I believe that the most spiritual act is the most practical in the true sense of the term. — Adgjm/ptwSenoraroy Copy Share Image
I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age. — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
I believe in God, Nature, Magic, and the spiritual healing of all holistic properties. — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Being surrounded by creativity and talent is very enriching - not in terms of money but in terms of the soul and… — Antoine Arnault Copy Share Image
“Challenges are part of life; We weaken our spirit, when we act in fear and lose hope. But we strengthen our spirit,… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of… — David Kirk Copy Share Image
The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“In our nineteenth century the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. Certain things have been unlearnt, and this is good, provided other… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There's nothing hippie about my picture of Christ. The Gospels paint a picture of a very demanding, sometimes divisive love, but love… — Bono Copy Share Image
“When our founders spoke of the “pursuit of happiness,” they did not mean long vacations or the piling up of things. Happiness… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available.… — David Alan Harvey Copy Share Image
Even if it is true that all cultures share a common morality, why does this prove a supreme intelligence? After all, don't… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
We can't say what God is, and until the modern period, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim theologians in the three God religions all… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Blessings on the poor in spirit! The kingdom of heaven is yours” (Matt. 5:3) doesn’t mean, “You will go to heaven when… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Religious faith—for all its problems, despite its maddening tendency to replicate ungrace—lives on because we sense the numinous beauty of a gift… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Evangelicals usually fail to challenge the system not just out of concern for evangelism, but also because they support the American system… — Christian Smith Copy Share Image
Jesus has given me ample resources to meet the spiritual needs of others because He has given me Himself and He has… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
“The gospel is more radical, more countercultural, more confronting than anything the Bible has to say about men and women, or wealth,… — Claire Smith Copy Share Image