I never joined, but I used to go to church now and then. I liked it, because they always passed out plates… — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The creation of Spoleto was a social experiment. Because I've always suffered guilt from being a Catholic, when I was in my… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
I'm sort of agnostic. I grew up Catholic and switched to Episcopalian in college because I sang in churches to have money… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
We wrote about having five kids and bringing them to church. A journalist at The Washington Post wrote this article where the… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
I was nurtured in the church; I went to a Catholic school; I was an altar boy; I went to a Catholic… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
When table utensils were invented in the 1100s, the Catholic Church condemned them as obscene and heretical, claiming, 'God gave us fingers… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
In many ways, American evangelicalism is somewhat stronger today than it was in, say 1955 - certainly more mainstream and influential in… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Dear young people of every language and culture, a high and exhilarating task awaits you: that of becoming men and women capable… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and… — Gertrude the Great Copy Share Image
I think by all accounts in the same way we look back on the anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish sentiments of our history with… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction. — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
I can neither serve God nor humanity if as an Indian I do not serve India, and as a Hindu I do… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -Matthew 5:10 — Bible Copy Share Image
I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God -… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in the Westboro Baptist Church, an infamous congregation started by my grandfather, and consisting almost entirely of… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
I think when you look at religion, you look at where Christianity came from. You know, my mom delved deeper into that.… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
My dad's a pastor; I grew up in the church, and it's really easy to just have a healthy respect for what… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
One of the best family traditions is creative ways mothers and fathers discipline children while in church. My mother was an expert… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she… — Esther Williams Copy Share Image
I am an enthusiastic participant in a church, but I have never been particularly concerned with denominational identity. — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
In the Catholic tradition, the idea of giving something up on a Friday - the act of self denial - has always… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will… — James, son of Zebedee Copy Share Image
My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
[Mary] is the safest, easiest, shortest and most perfect way of approaching Jesus and will surrender themselves to her, body and soul,… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Catholic and received the body and blood of Jesus Christ every Sunday at communion until I was… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
I wasn't really a dark kid, but I was in my head a lot. I got good grades all through my 16… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory… — Dominic Savio Copy Share Image
I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over the world and never really… — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image