Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Boy lovers and the lesbians who have young lovers... are not child molesters. The child abusers are priests, teachers, therapists, cops and… — Patrick Califia Copy Share Image
If you tell people you talk to God, they'll think you're religious, but if you say God talks to you, it's ten… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
A true Master does not "give up" something. A true Master simply sets it aside, as he would do with anything for… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
The hardest situation to pick up a girl in is ... in church and in Morocco on Ramadan. On Ramadan or one… — French Montana Copy Share Image
Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed. Then we had the right to speak… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“If we subject religious claims to a lesser degree of scrutiny, we should not be surprised if religious people subject us to… — Stifyn Emrys Copy Share Image
In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Consider that the Holy Spirit lives in the spiritual father, and He will tell you what to do. But if you think… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul,… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
The religious rightwingism is directly linked to globalization and to privatization. When India is talking about selling its entire power sector to… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are… — Steven Levitan Copy Share Image
I now know that to do a worthwhile family history I must interpret the past without falling into either demonizing or unquestioning… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
The habit of a midwinter festivity had come by the dawn of history (and probably very long before) to seem a natural… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
If you look at any religious description of hell, it is the same as human society, the way we dream. Hell is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what… — Muqtada al Sadr Copy Share Image
In our sensible zeal to keep religion from dominating our politics, we have created a political and legal culture that presses the… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron… — John Aubrey Copy Share Image
Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because… — Bruce L. Shelley Copy Share Image
Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I am absolutely enraptured by the atmosphere of a wreck. A dead ship is the house of a tremendous amount of life-fish… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
“Tattooing, when understood in its entirety, must be seen as a religious act. The human being brings forth images from the center… — Spider Webb Copy Share Image
“Janganlah bersiap untuk sesuatu yang diharapkan, tetapi bersiaplah untuk apapun yang telah Allah takdirkan. Sebab, itu sudah pasti yang terbak.” — Febrianti Almeera Copy Share Image
During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
I'm a fairly religious person, so I believe in some things that sound a little crazy I'm sure, depending on where you're… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Religion is removed from the public realm, and the public realm is removed from the affairs of religion. However, this is not… — Stephen V Monsma Copy Share Image
At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I'm not a deeply religious person and I don't really know if there's a God or not and I don't really even… — Sonny Barger Copy Share Image
Fever jumped aside just in time to dodge the shower of urine, and stumbled into the path of a religious procession -… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
There are some religious traditions that view human beings as participants in creation. This is true of the Jewish tradition, from which… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
