“It is very difficult sometimes to keep awake, especially at church, but there is no difficulty at all about sleeping.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The questions of today's average young person, who is the product of America's intellectual bastions, have been virtually unaddressed by the church. — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy. — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
When we passed a Catholic church, I recalled, he said, "You think your dad's a good chemist? They're turning soda crackers into… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The time has come for the Church to take up the joyful call to mercy once more. It is time to return… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Where older religions promised heaven, the church of yoga promises quicker, more practical, earthly gratification, in the form of better heart rates… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
I suppose the Church would be perfect only if it were run by perfect beings. God is perfect, and His doctrine is… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
“Just preaching "you are blessed" to a congregation is like giving them a big fertile land. They need the seeds to plant… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Religion's voice has been taken away. It was taken away by Lyndon Johnson in the 1970s because of a dispute he had,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I'd signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England. That has a particular history and I think we… — Alan Green Copy Share Image
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
If the pursuit of God's glory is not ordered above the pursuit of man's good in the affections of the heart and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
No sound system. No band. No guitar. No entertainment. No cushioned chairs. No heating or air-con. Nothing but the people of God… — David Platt Copy Share Image
Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate,… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Both learned and unlearned young men seldom go to church, and in general do not attend to their spiritual education, looking upon… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
I lived in a little working-class town that had no black neighborhoods at all - one high school. We all played together.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Sweetheart," Bill said formally, "I have always loved you, and I will be proud to die in your service. When I'm gone,… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I was raised Catholic and I have a lot of respect for the good in the Catholic Church. But I don't go… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I'm from Columbia, S.C., and my family is very religious. We'd go to church and Sunday school and we always had to… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party To the church doth hie! Bell, thou soundest solemnly, When, on Sabbath morning, Fields… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Until you start thinking right, you will never start behaving right. Repentance always deals with the changing of the mind. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
The press is the exclusive literature of the million; to them it is literature, church, and college. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
It would be as easy for the United States to build a tower to remove the sun, as to remove polygamy, or… — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Mumbling obeisance to abhorrence of apartheid is like those lapsed believers who cross themselves when entering a church. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in anything special, but I respect God. I go to church sometimes, but not often. — Jaye Davidson Copy Share Image
I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Donald Trump in a church getting interrupted by the pastor because he started attacking Hillary Clinton. — Bill Burton Copy Share Image
The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I have a great staff at the church; they protect me and allow me to focus on more of what I do… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“Bombs have kill-radiuses; churches should have love-radiuses--anyone within twenty miles of a church should know it.” — Tyler Edwards Copy Share Image
