Relationships are the Holy Spirit's laboratories in which He brings together people who have the maximal opportunity for mutual growth. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“The scriptures do not present us with a series of Christian types to be imitated according to choice; they preach to us… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Superstition is not, as has been defined, an excess of religious feeling, but a misdirection of it, an exhausting of it on… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
“If a leader works hard to break the spirit of their Soldier they'll soon meet the most focused Soldier of a career.” — Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army Copy Share Image
Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
Maybe it's time to go back 2,000 years for a spiritual renaissance. If not, our days may be numbered and a terrible… — Joel C. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I would teach the world that science is the best way to understand the world and that for any set of observations,… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
The characteristic of the first sort of religion is imitation. It insists on imitation: imitate Buddha, imitate Christ, imitate Mahavir, but imitate.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
That's part of the deal. You're going to be criticized. I always welcomed that. Not everyone believes what I believe. And I… — Kurt Warner Copy Share Image
“The only distinct meaning of the word 'natural' is STATED, FIXED or SETTLED; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Scholars have long recognized that Luke himself wrote these speeches—they are not the speeches that these apostles really delivered at one time… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
I am what I am, and what I am is always due to him; whatever in me or in my words is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“There is someone out there right now who is waiting for what you have been given to give, and their life, their… — Sherry A. Weddell Copy Share Image
Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
It has always been difficult to get very close to the spirit of the Sistine Chapel; now that it is cleaned, it… — Nigel McGilchrist Copy Share Image
Don't make of your religion an obsession, otherwise your trips to church will mean nothing but obligation; and your prayers will result… — Jean Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man's original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
In the beginning, there were no reasons; there were only causes. Nothing had a purpose, nothing has so much as a function;… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Patience is a fruit of the spirit that grows only under trial. It is useless to pray for patience. Well, actually I… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
The only religion which seems to have a function in time of war is the tribal religion which invokes a God as… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; the spirit of Christmas which is peace; the heart of Christmas which… — Ada V Hendricks Copy Share Image
The image I have sketched views Jesus differently: rather than being the exclusive revelation of God, he is one of many mediators… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
“There is a difference between being broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a… — John Hope Bryant Copy Share Image
If you purify your soul of attachment to and desire for things, you will understand them spiritually. If you deny your appetite… — St John Of The Cross Copy Share Image
At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat… — George Burns Copy Share Image
The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
The ocean doesn't care about you. It makes your boat feel tiny. The oceans are great promoters of religion, or at least… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“It is thus quite certain that the constitution of the true religion, the ordinances of which are derived from God, must be… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Truly, it is a blessing and not a blasphemy when I teach that "above all things there stands the heaven of chance,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The beauty of religion in D&D, according to James, is “that we have all of these different gods you can choose from,… — Shelly Mazzanoble Copy Share Image
Atheism is based upon a materialist philosophy, which holds that nothing exists but natural phenomena. There are no supernatural forces or entities,… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I love religions and find them fascinating, and I find Judaism very beautiful. It's enriched my life enormously. — Isla Fisher Copy Share Image
“George Washington rewrote the presidential addresses crafted for him by others so as to omit all references to Jesus Christ.” — Brooke Allen Copy Share Image
The unique personality which is the real life in me, I cannot gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
