Fathers, I do not practice. I'm not religious in life, but when I perform "The Creation of the World" and when my… — Marcel Marceau Copy Share Image
God is the biggest storyteller, and when we create stories, we connect with him and with each other across cultural, religious and… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“Mormons invented themselves just as other religious and ethnic groups invented themselves. But Mormons did so in such a singularly impressive way… — Laurence Moore Copy Share Image
Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria… — William Hague Copy Share Image
I entered a spiritual community when I was 20, which I was in for 11 year, with very strict meditative practices, with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“As they perform this ritual, I almost have to turn away, thinking again what a boomeranging, out-of-body experience it is to watch… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
The psychedelic issue is a civil rights and civil liberties issue. It is an issue concerned with the most basic of human… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“The angel being interrogated paced back and forth, anxiously running his fingers through his hair. Of course, being an angel, he didn't… — Phillip Andrew Bennett Low low Copy Share Image
Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed… — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
Amma Theodora said: A certain monk, afflicted by many sorrows, said to himself, "Leave this place." With these words he began to… — Ignatius Bryanchaninov Copy Share Image
What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don't… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Anytime that knowledge and a version of the truth are considered to be absolute, fundamentalism is the result, whether the arena is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen, if some of the leading artists in a civilization see a man urinating in another man's mouth and see… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Protestant churches everywhere are gravitating toward union with the Roman Catholic Church. These religious movements are speeding the fulfillment of the prophecies… — Herbert W. Armstrong Copy Share Image
Life is a terrible conflict, a grandiose and atrocious confluence. Hunting submerges man deliberately in that formidable mystery and therefore contains something… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I want to be tolerant of other people's beliefs. I have wonderful friends who are religious, and I don't want to say… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
If you must believe in anything, believe in yourselves, in your senses, in your minds. To accept a religious creed is to… — Marilla Ricker Copy Share Image
One of the greatest problems of humanity is how to live in a multi religious society without losing one's religion - without… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Religious distinctions are deeply important for many of the problems in today's Middle East, particularly between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Syria… — Max Fisher Copy Share Image
Some religious practitioners make absolutist claims for their beliefs: I've no interest in doing this, nor do I have any interest in… — Liz Williams Copy Share Image
Religious people are not entitled to special rights, even if they are elected leaders or in the majority; they are not allowed… — Ed Buckner Copy Share Image
Investments are a real partnership, with an expected return; donations are a gesture made as a result of ethical, religious, or political… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family in which there was very little religion. My father wasn't religious at all. But he was… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Religious fanaticism has clearly produced, and in all probability will continue to produce, enormous amounts of bickering, fighting, violence, bloodshed, homicide, feuds,… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We must continue to show tolerance for those whose opinions and sincerely held beliefs differ from our own. We must lead by… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
I think religious movies are more of a subset of the broader historical trend, and also the fact that there is more… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God,… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
“Is THIS what religion and faith have done to us? Has religious belief thrown us into opposing camps where we cannot even… — David Click Copy Share Image
There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
The Hellenistic world was international to a degree, polyglot and inspired by many religious faiths. ...the Greek ideals were pagan and the… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
There is a sad myth going around today - the myth of neutrality. According to this myth, the secular world gives every… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“Having drunk the dregs of Your Love, I am intoxicated beyond recognition. Now, I only pray for the nearness of You so… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I'm an atheist. I'm not neutral about religion, I'm hostile to it. I think it is a positively bad idea, not just… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image