Catholic Quotes · Page 37

I believe in religion against the religious; in the pitifulness of orisons, and in the sublimity of prayer.

— Victor Hugo

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I do not have, and never had, any interest in either the Bible or religion.

— Joseph Heller

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

— Terry Eagleton

I am agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at the bottom of the garden

— Richard Dawkins

I'm a Catholic of the New Testament, I'm not a Catholic of the hierarchy.

— Anna Quindlen

I am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.

— John Evelyn

I have a very powerful belief structure. I'm very spiritual. I'm not religious but I am spiritual.

— Toyah Willcox

The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how…

— T. S. Eliot

I was raised in the church by my grandmother who made sure we went to Sunday School, read the Bible and went…

— Torii Hunter

I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in…

— Lou Holtz

Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me…

— Queen Latifah

I regard myself as a religious... the temper of my mind as religious, and because I regard the temper of my mind…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Why cast yourself over a cliff, deciding in your writings about things of which you are ignorant? Why do you not keep…

— Eusebius

Can You see that as soon as the day breaks I think of You? As evening comes, I am near You. I…

— Gemma Galgani

By the time I had got to college, I had begun to read and had decided that most of what Christians believed…

— Stanley Hauerwas

We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me.…

— John Shelby Spong

I'd been to Saint Petersburg before, but there's been a change in people's minds. Maybe it's a fashionable thing, but people have…

— Manolo Blahnik

I went to church as a kid, but it was as much a social thing as anything going to the youth group…

— Bailey Chase

We are compelled, our faith urging us, to believe and to hold—and we do firmly believe and simply confess—that there is one…

— Pope Boniface VIII

The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

I have to try to remind people on both sides of the barque of Peter that there is room for us all…

— Wilton Daniel Gregory

Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought…

— Pope Pius XI

Voters are more than Catholics, Protestants or Jews. They make up their minds for many diverse reasons, good and bad. To submit…

— John F. Kennedy

My mom is very liberal. She has never been religious... spiritual but not religious.

— Tobias Forge

If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.

— Saint Augustine

“... a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

I am a Christian. My husband and I belong to the Episcopal Church.

— Sandy Adams

All the wealth in the world cannot be compared with the happiness of living together happily united.

— Marie-Marguerite d'Youville

Evangelistic preaching is what Daddy does, I never thought I would.

— Franklin Graham

My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I was religious probably until I was about eight but I always questioned stuff very early on.

— Richard Herring

I don't want to get involved in the culture war. Religion's iffy.

— Jim Gaffigan

I guess I'm a Holy Spirit maniac. I'm not a religious maniac. I love religion, but I don't like it.

— Sinead O'Connor

I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.

— Amy Lee

Just converted to a new religion. It's called idontgiveafuckism.

— Nikhil Saluja

I confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism.

— Stanley Hauerwas

I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.

— Pierce Brosnan

It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.

— Fidelis of Sigmaringen

I'm spiritual, yes, but I don't think about Judgment Day. I don't think about an angry God.

— Liv Tyler