Just in relation to women, it's not that huge an imaginative leap to see the connection between the Taliban and the Catholic… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I learned a lot from both, initially Jewish and Muslim theologians that had been missing, perhaps from my rather parochial Catholic upbringing. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I tell my children what I think myself: That religion is not necessarily convincing, but it is still interesting and not to… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“I would not have described myself as a committed atheist for whom all spirituality was nonsense, but as an agnostic in whom… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was baptized Methodist, but I was mainly raised First Church of NFL, which is to say that my family, especially my… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, where my father was a minister at music, so I sang in the church… — Missi Pyle Copy Share Image
I could never call myself an atheist; my parents could, quite happily. I always felt like there was a little bit more… — Alex Clare Copy Share Image
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Even in my hometown of Linkoping where I grew up... the church we had was very lavish - very boasty. So it… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
According to an article on CNN.com, a new study says people who are bad kissers don't get laid. Where are you supposed… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys.… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Those who advocate euthanasia have capitalized on people's confusion, ambivalence and even fear about the use of modern life-prolonging technologies. Being able… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I grew up in the church, Resurrection Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and my grandmother was that grandmother at the church, the one… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
My mother was a minister, so I grew up in a church. My grandfather was a minister; there are a bunch of… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit...it reaches folks… — Uwem Akpan Copy Share Image
Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Faith is not a contract. Faith is surrender. If no other relationship in our experience is one of self-surrender, if it's all… — Francis George Copy Share Image
I'd never been religious, but I'd always obeyed my elders. My decision to become an omnivore was fraught, not because it was… — Samin Nosrat Copy Share Image
When I was 12 years old, my pastor came to the church: Dr. Fredrick Samson. And that was revolutionary because he mentored… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I came- though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents - to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Growing up in bars might sound like child abuse. And if it does, then you're what my mom would call 'Protestants.' — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a… — Mike Berenstain Copy Share Image
I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church. — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will… — The Catholic Church Copy Share Image
The Catholic teaching against murder, for example, is largely the same as our secular laws. But as a law, it obviously has… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation. — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
“was weird being there, but at the same time I knew it was a huge deal because my dad was the last… — Candace Cameron Bure Copy Share Image
The three kinds of services you generally find in the Episcopal churches. I call them either low-and-lazy, broad-and-hazy, or high-and-crazy. — Willa Gibbs Copy Share Image
The preaching is part of the reason I don't go to church. Plus, I don't know, it was never part of my… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
There's no bigger atheist than me. Well, I take that back. I'm a cancer screening away from going agnostic and a biopsy… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
The first organization structure in the modern West was laid down in the canon law of the Catholic Church eight hundred years… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out..If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not important… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
