"Heresy," by the way, simply means "choice." It came to mean "thoughtcrime," implying it was blasphemy to presume to choose your own… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
The word religion comes from an origin which means "coming together." But priesthood has been doing just the opposite, it has created… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc - all of this great success caused… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
Since it is no longer permissible to disparage any single faith or creed, let us start disparaging all of them. A religion… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
Anyone who grows up reading the Bible for spiritual reasons, you get accustomed to reading things that are too much for you,… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
The broadcasting industry definitely has changed, and I'm talking about young broadcasters who come along today, they really feel like they have… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that… — Plato Copy Share Image
I have a strong belief that there is a god or a higher power. I think that if you have a strong… — Alana Stewart Copy Share Image
We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don't know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
As you go forth and share our core beliefs and the fruits of our doctrines, misperceptions will dissolve, prejudices will diminish, and… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
Groups become more extreme and entrenched in their beliefs and polarized from others when members only exchange information that reinforces their views… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t say these signs will accompany only “the apostles.” It says these signs will accompany “those who BELIEVE.” Are you a… — Elliana Olivia Copy Share Image
Racism is a belief system. It was assembled over centuries from many component parts - bits of biblical scripture, the propaganda of… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“What do you know of gods and saints?” I ask, filling my voice with scorn. His fingers drift to the silver oak… — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image
The secret of making something work,first of all have deep desire to made it work,,then the faith & belief that it can… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Love It, is to increase by forgetting. It's escape through a single being to mediocrity of all other. It's one more for… — Abel Bonnard Copy Share Image
Belief in liberal freedom and democracy is always belief in it in a particular place, in a national home with histories that… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The one seeking to demonstrate the power of spiritual realization in everyday affairs should believe in Divine guidance... and that everything in… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
I want everybody to worship the God of love instead of worshipping the God of hate and torture. But in the meantime,… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
“I am about tribal feminine power. As a leader, I may stumble but my essence lives to the future-- of my people,… — Kristie LeVangie Copy Share Image
I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak. I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
“The facts themselves do not compel belief. God will not force us to trust Him. God gives us the ability to respond… — Holly Ordway Copy Share Image
We must have a spiritual rebirth. We must be born out of the belief in externalities into the belief of inner realities,… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
My personal, metaphysical belief is Vedanta, which is that ultimately there is a singular consciousness. It's like a Hindu metaphysics, that basically… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
You have the Republican Party, who see themselves in their heart of hearts as being a party of colorblind meritocracy. That's their… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many questions as it answers,… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It science involves an intelligent and persistent endeavor to revise current beliefs so as to weed out what is erroneous, to add… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The fact is that astrological beliefs go back at least 2,500 years. Now that should be a sufficiently long time for astrologers… — Richard E. Berendzen Copy Share Image
So Republican candidates bash Obamacare and move up in the polls. Given that public opinion remains firmly against the health care law… — Byron York Copy Share Image
There is nothing I should care more to do, if it were possible, than to rouse the imagination of men and women… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
If whatever men know comes through their brain without the Holy Spirit regenerating their spirit, then their knowledge will help them not… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Writing is how I communicate my deepest beliefs, and what I hope are helpful observations about our dual citizenship, as children of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“If you do not believe in reincarnation then the word “prarabdh” (karma effect) should not be present in your vocabulary. Christian, Muslim,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
