“It is not the sanctuary that is in danger; it is civilization. It is not infallibility that may go down; it is… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
We are apt to imagine that this hubbub of Philosophy, Literature, and Religion, which is heard in pulpits, lyceums, and parlors, vibrates… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm sad because I want to bow out of my race and leave my beautiful identity? Chinese love Chinese. They love their… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of Israel to… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
My atheism doesn't define my day-to-day life at all. But I realize - and maybe it is because, unlike people who sort… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
I grew up in the church, and I always kind of knew Bible stories and knew the Sunday school answers, but when… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“In my philosophy, I think churches should not argue and be greedy with money. I think different churches like the synagogues, mosques,… — Simi Sunny Copy Share Image
Compared with that of Taoists and Far Eastern Buddhists, the Christian attitude toward Nature has been curiously insensitive and often downright domineering… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils… — Wolfe Tone Copy Share Image
I went to Catholic school for 12 years and went to church every Sunday. I may not do that anymore but I… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy of the… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
In her second career as a minister, my mother defied a legacy of chauvinism to become a leader of our community, overseeing… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I went to church as a kid, but it was as much a social thing as anything going to the youth group… — Bailey Chase Copy Share Image
Current Catholic worship often ignores the essential connection between truth and beauty, body and soul, at the center of the Catholic worldview.… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
The greatest act of faith is that which rises to your lips in total darkness together with the sacrifices, sufferings and wholehearted… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
It's something that exists on a daily basis on practically every street in India. You have people who are Hindus, Muslims, Christians… — Anita Rau Badami Copy Share Image
“At the heart of Galatians 2 is not an abstract individualized salvation, but a common meal. Paul does not want the Galatians… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Looking back through the mists of time, I recall some distinctly religious experiences in my teens--when I was only fourteen years old… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ.… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the… — Joel Robuchon Copy Share Image
Why should we believe in God? We hate Christianity and Christians. Even the best of them must be regarded as our worst… — Gerald Burton Winrod Copy Share Image
Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word 'worship' means absolute unquestioning… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
The Most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans,… — Pope Eugene IV Copy Share Image
How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
He went over to the leathers and picked them up. Nice Catholic boy like him didn't know much about BDSM, but it… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
If you're going to say you're Catholic, you inform your conscience so that you're activities will conform to what God is telling… — Francis George Copy Share Image
“Someone once told the Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor that it is more open-minded to think that the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Conscience, Christ, and the gift of faith make evil men uneasy in their sin. They feel that if they could drive Christ… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
It has always been the habit of Catholic in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary, and to… — Pope Leo X Copy Share Image
Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You should be… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The Protestant reformation was an attempt to recast the Christian faith in terms of the new learning of the 16th century, the… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
It [an ethical problem with in vitro fertilization] depends on whether you're talking ethics from the standpoint of some religious denomination or… — Patrick Steptoe Copy Share Image
I was inclined to judge the validity of a man's faith more by the depth of his roots in reality and brotherhood… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
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