rummaging in the storehouses of religious or literary history for myth-matter for ideational uses is of the nature of spiritual vulgarity. — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion. — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“Jesus’ personal plan to influence the generation He lived in was not to gather a large crowd once a week, but to… — Stan O. Gleason Copy Share Image
He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under… — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
Spiritual reading is a regular, essential part of the life of prayer, and particularly is it the support of adoring prayer. — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
You have to realize there are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Those who make objectivity a religion are liars. they are scared of human pain. They dont want to be objective, it's a… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
The practice of leaving settled society to undertake a spiritual journey, or a spiritual life really, is something that is much more… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
“Our purpose is to consciously, deliberately evolve toward a wiser, more liberated and luminous state of being; to return to Eden, make… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“It is certain that one who studies the scriptures every day accomplishes far more than one who devotes considerable time one day… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
It is impossible to keep spiritual peace if we do not take care of the mind, that is if we do not… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
“If you survey healing throughout history and across contemporary cultures, and even within our own culture, you will encounter an extraordinary and… — Michael Heap Copy Share Image
In storytelling you kind of put your nightmares up there, you put your dreams up there and people can see them better… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
Now I know that this energy within me is seeking more than the mate or the profession or the religion - more… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Pope Francis - the People's Pope - led with humility, compassion, and love for all people. His strength in spiritual leadership will… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
“If religion is understanding God in the collective stories of life, then spirituality is finding God in our own narrative.” — H.L. Balcomb Copy Share Image
Quite simply, our one hope for spiritual safety during these turbulent times is to turn our minds and our hearts to Jesus… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“The spirit and soul are the body and brain, which are destructible -- that is precisely why they are so precious.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is important to have a certain amount of solitude just to clear your circuits. You will find that you can be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“The gospel, as a glass [mirror], should be kept clean and clear in the pulpit,” he wrote, “that the hearers may see… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
Evolution is a bankrupt speculative philosophy, not a scientific fact. Only a spiritually bankrupt society could ever believe it. Only atheists could… — Jimmy Swaggart Copy Share Image
“Looking closely at what these young people believe, one discovers that they have evidently never been taught the gospel of Jesus Christ.… — D.A. Carson Copy Share Image
Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Remain steadfast in the journey of faith... young people, swim against the tide; it's good for the heart, but it takes courage. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Berkeley , Hume, Kant , Fichte , Hegel , James , Bergson all are united in one earnest attempt, the attempt to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Abortion is not a feminist issue, and it is not a religious issue. It's a libertarian issue that, legally speaking, has nothing… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
“There's no storm too big to praise your way through. You might not feel like it, but praising God in the middle… — Janice Thompson Copy Share Image
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The key to happiness, in my opinion, is taking the time to find out what your spirit wants you to do, and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are no experts in the company of Jesus. We are all beginners, necessarily followers, because we don’t know where we are… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
We take spiritual initiation when we become conscious of the Divine within us, and thereby contact the Divine without us. — Dion Fortune Copy Share Image