The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself. — Peter of Alcantara Copy Share Image
Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God. — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges. — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
The Guardian,[is] one of the most consistently anti-Catholic newspapers in the world. — George Weigel Copy Share Image
I'm not really a religious guy. I'm spiritual, but I'm not religious. — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
I come from a deeply Catholic family. My husband and I were married in a Catholic church; we decided to put our… — Alexandra C. Pelosi Copy Share Image
I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
I went to church as a boy, and then I quite quickly stepped away from religion. But I remained fascinated by the… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic. My mother and I were unpacking and she found my diaphragm. I had to tell her it was a bathing… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
For me, actually, being a bishop in a bishopric where there's an academic tradition gives me this fascinating, challenging, but open invitation… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
The church was everything: our social engagements, Sunday morning, Sunday evening. Wednesday night was the hour of power. We had Bible study… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
And there is my payment the rubies in your cheeks. Are you properly scandalized by your wicked behavior? If you were Catholic,… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
“Each simplest act, each hidden intention, had to be cut to the Rule and polished and perfected like the tiny stones of… — Katherine Cavarly Hulme Copy Share Image
I'd grown up in a Presbyterian church, but I really didn't know Christ personally in my heart. I knew him, but I… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
In the Catholic Worker we must try to have the voluntary poverty of St. Francis, the charity of St. Vincent de Paul,… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image