Catholic Quotes · Page 52

Yes, though I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing in the church.

— John McGahern

My mother's early life revolved around the Methodist faith.

— Carol Thatcher

If you live in New York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish

— Anonymous

Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.

— Saint Augustine

For me growing up, I had a Christian upbringing, and I just noticed this Catholic influence in school.

— Hozier

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

— Alphonsus Liguori

“[Francis of Assisi was one of the] signal figures who are catalysts for rapid change”

— Jon M. Sweeney

I wasn't looking for religion; I was looking for a world view.

— John Eldredge

I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is THELEMA .

— Aleister Crowley

I grew up in this Southern Baptist atmosphere, and my mother and father were both, I guess you would say, academics. They…

— Warren Beatty

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him.…

— Mary Faustina Kowalska

Muslims want the whole world to be Muslim. Christians want the whole world to be Christian. Catholics, Protestants, Mormons. They're all the…

— Peter Fonda

Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.

— Ed Rendell

I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I…

— Mother Teresa

How anyone can remain a Catholic - I mean who has ever been aroused to think, and is not biased by the…

— Margaret Fuller

The fact that the Catholic Church has come to an agreement with Fascist Italy ... proves beyond doubt that the Fascist world…

— Adolf Hitler

Heretics are not to be disputed with, but to be condemned unheard, and whilst they perish by fire, the faithful ought to…

— Martin Luther

“The move away from writing poetry was gradual. It was a gentle slope into a muddy pond; it was a collection of…

— Angela Doll Carlson

“Broken things are precious. We eat broken bread because we share in the depth of our Lord and His broken life. Broken…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“Standing beside Gray in the Fellowship Hall, we watched Grandma Miriam do her socializing exactly like she did last Sunday (and I…

— Kristen Ashley

It became quite clear to me that the Natural Law mystique, in Catholic, libertarian or neo-pagan forms, remains basically a set of…

— Robert Anton Wilson

Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. Here we have the first…

— Jacques Maritain

We grew up devout Catholics, so my trips to San Juan always include going to the churches that we used to go…

— Cristela Alonzo

Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our…

— Saint Basil

No religion, I'm just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.

— Ab-Soul

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

— Tom Perrotta

I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.

— Kitty Kelley

I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

— Tom T. Hall

We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.

— Saint Francis de Sales

I'm against anything atheists represent because I believe in God.

— Alvin Holmes

Going to church and stuff was just something I did with my mom.

— Andy Mineo

In the end, forever, you and I will be in Heaven or Hell. Period.

— John Corapi

After my father died, we went to church for a long time every day, and then every other day during the summer.

— Kerry Kennedy

I'm not religious. I would say I'm more spiritual than religious.

— Roxanne McKee

I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.

— Valerie June

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.

— Paul Farmer

We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.

— Saint Basil

My mother was Protestant, and in her mind life was more about work and obligations and responsibilities.

— Sylvia Kristel

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

— Patricia Ireland

I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.

— Jimmy Cliff