If we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most… — Christopher West Copy Share Image
As a mother in the 1950s, she did not impose the same strict religious routine on myself and my brother, Mark, though… — Carol Thatcher Copy Share Image
Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years - I still don't want to… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church… — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or… — Shirley Williams Copy Share Image
My priorities are leaning more towards family, and I credit my southern upbringing to that. I was raised in the church as… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
Following a meeting with Hitler, Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, a man who had 'courageously criticized the Nazi attacks on the Catholic Church'… — Ian Kershaw Copy Share Image
The desire for legitimate offspring is, in fact, according to the Catholic Church, the only motive which can justify sexual intercourse. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“An ultimately evil job. For we are attempting to conquer Sauron with the Ring. And we shall (it seems) succeed. But the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
It is true that the Jewish tradition emphasizes the moral mandate to save life. It also has a different position from the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“{ Wells discussing his experiences with Christianity } I realised as if for the first time, the menace of these queer shaven… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Withdraw yourself from people and spend at least an quarter of an hour, or a half-hour, in some church in the presence… — Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Copy Share Image
I'm a practicing Catholic. And faith is very, very important to me. It was pounded in my head as a kid, and… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently… — Avro Manhattan Copy Share Image
I didn't have a clue. I grew up Protestant in Connecticut at the Saugatuck Congregational Church. We didn't talk about the devil.… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
I definitely have a relationship with God for myself, and yes I grew up that way, and I choose to keep the… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
You know, I grew up Catholic. My mom is very conservative. She's very Catholic. But she's also very open-minded, right? — Michelle Buteau Copy Share Image
Because we lived in the presence of the church and the convent and the rectory and the school 24-7. And this was… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I was born in Belgium and moved to Amsterdam when I was 17. I am not a Calvinist Dutchman but a Catholic… — Eddy de Clercq Copy Share Image
If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms. — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the… — Denis McDonough Copy Share Image
I believe my religion is the truth, but I am not the truth and the truth doesn't belong to me I'm trying… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“The world in which we now live is a world whose outlook is so distorted that we absolutize what is relative (money-making,… — Alice von Hildebrand Copy Share Image
The changes in the Catholic Church since Vatican II can certainly be scanned in terms of this long retreat from the sacred… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a highly spiritual person, but without - I was never really given a religion or a religious… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
Oh, my mama was awesome. Very strict, overreligious, loved the Lord, loved rules. But she had to be that way because of… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
We live in a culture in which condoms can be handed out in schools and Bibles can't. And I think that tells… — Janet E. Smith Copy Share Image
I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child.… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I've also committed my time and resources to many local organizations like Christmas in April, Catholic Community Services, and Hudson County Meals… — Vincent Frank Copy Share Image
I think my mom recognized that I liked people to be happy. I like people to get along. And I like to… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. — Pope John XXII Copy Share Image
I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic,… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
I wish I was a more religious person. I really admire Martin Sheen for his Catholicism. It's such a bedrock. I wish… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
Many, many people hereabouts are not becoming Christians for one reason only: there is nobody to make them Christians. — Francis Xavier Copy Share Image
I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was… — Jason Jones Copy Share Image
My main source for faith-based stuff is mostly the Bible, and a childhood with a much, much higher-than-median exposure to theological thought. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
