Religion, by ‘consecrating’ the state, gives the people an…

The salvation of man does not lie in his holding himself far removed from the worldly, but in consecrating it to holy, to divine…

— Martin Buber

“Over the years I have learned that "cleaning up one's act" may be far less important than consecrating one's life. It may be possible…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

For every $5 that Boston's economy sends up to Beacon Hill, the state gives only $1 back to us.

— Thomas Menino

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

— Michelle Bachelet

My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.

— Edmund Burke

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

— Marianne Williamson

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

— Anonymous

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

— Annie Besant

Personal Style comes from within. It's when the woman, her individuality and spirit come through. She uses clothes to express who she is and…

— Donna Karan

The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…

— Anonymous

“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart…

— Penn Jillette

The love religion is all that is written here.

— Rumi

Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man…

— Robert A. Heinlein

From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions.

— Bill Johnson