To pray is to cast off your burdens, it is to tear away your rags, it is to shake off your diseases,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I searched through rebellion, drugs, diet, mysticism, religion, intellectualism and much more, only to begin to find that truth is basically simple… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
In religion, What damned error but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I am a very firm believer in the Aloha spirit - respect and love for everyone, irrespective of their religion, race, sex,… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The worst criminals are not half so immoral as the creators and perpetrators of the unquestionable hell of Christian theology — M. M. Mangasarian Copy Share Image
... we need to reclaim the "goodnewness" of the gospel, and the best place to start is to rediscover the good news ourselves. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“The first that dies is a martyr, and dies for his religion; and of such it may more truly be said than… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
In other searchings it might be the object of the quest that brought satisfaction, or it might be something incidental that one… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“In a desperate attempt to give meaning to life, many turn to religion, because a struggle in the name of a faith… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Faith in the future life is … faith in the truth of the imagination, as faith in God is faith in the… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
More than just a moral issue, hope is a spiritual and even religious choice. Hope is not a feeling; it is a… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
“In his sermons, each a tapestry of ancient and humanist thought, he'd share with his congregation the fruits of that week's study.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Western liberal humanism is not something that comes naturally to us: like an appreciation of art or poetry, it has to be… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The United States, knowing no distinction of her own citizens on account of religion or nationality, naturally believes in a civilization the… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“Always remember that you are spiritual beings suspended in momentary physical existence; ignorance to your divine self will be your greatest sin. [25]” — Unathi Magubeni Copy Share Image
We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Religion is a way of life, but knowing God is a way of living beyond yourself. It’s a relationship with a living,… — Love Belvin Copy Share Image
Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church,… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Many non-believers who have entered substance abuse programs have found themselves at odds with the religious overtones prevalent in the recovery industry. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“Why do some in society think that the church should not speak out on political issues? Why do some in the church… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Forces of light on earth shall overcome the force of darkness. Complete spiritual enlightenment on earth will occur. — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Of course slavery and the Muslims were deeply implicated in the slave trade, Islam was an Imperialist religion which destroyed Christianity in… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
The problem with Bush is that yes, he's religious in a fundamentalist sort of way, they read the Old Testament as a… — Bruce Kent Copy Share Image
My basic belief and effort, firstly to try and promote some of the useful emotions such as compassion or forgiveness and through… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You're doing it again. Using reason to argue faith. Can't be done. Like playing croquet with a crochet hook. Sounds something like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do occasionally envy the person who is religious naturally, without being brainwashed into it or suckered into it by all the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people. — Anwar Sadat Copy Share Image
He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“American foreign policy and social policy for decades. Christian fundamentalism in America has its roots in the history of the South after… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
“So I offer my definition of theology: theology is the application of Scripture, by persons, to every area of life.11” — John M. Frame Copy Share Image
Proselytism is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
America desperately needs a moral rebirth. We need to implore God's blessings on our country and ask Him to forgive our sinfulness… — Donald Wildmon Copy Share Image
The highest religious and spiritual ideals of any faith would invite us to a compassion for all lives destroyed by the violence… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
It's OK to burn a Bible, that's OK. OK to burn a flag, OK, that's all right. But just, you know, for… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without, you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any; standing… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image