Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
God's everywhere, but I gotta go down (to church) to see him? Really? And he's mad at me down there, and I… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
I have said to people I have six children, one son, four daughters, and a church. — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
“To live [in the church] at the beck and call of marketing logic is to live in slavery.” — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“Unbeliever are enjoying. They know what they want and they do it. The one struggling is you who is between two opinions.… — Mary Tornyenyor Copy Share Image
I'm afraid the SS's relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Catholic Church reasserts its moral authority on contraception: If God believed in birth control, altar boys would have a uterus. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
The Establishment Clause stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders of our Constitution that religion is too… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Thank God that at least in one place, all men are equal: in the church of God. I do not consider it… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
I taught Sunday school when I was younger, and ended up an elder in the church, and it just seemed to me… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
“The most critical need of the Church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away-but he who builds their happiness on Christ crucified and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer 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
Our lack of community is intensely painful. A TV talk show is not community. A couple of hours in a church pew… — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Measure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral being… and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is to see a husband and his wife and their children happy at… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Avan was as religious as the next young dragon with his way to make in the world-which is to say that he… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
It was an all-white church. It was starting to decline. They had to hire a new pastor, and they hired him. But… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Jesus is not from Georgia. Jesus does not speak English. And Jesus is not a member of the NRA. — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
The Church ever operates in full light. There is no secrecy about its doctrine, aim, or work. — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
I don't want to interpret the pope's words, especially as I am one of those horrible people who fell away from the… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport. — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
The last years of fading communism provided an ideal environment for Poland's Catholic Church, which acted as an umbrella for dissenters of… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
There's all kind of vision in this Book. Just open it up and your people will follow. — Matthew Carter Copy Share Image
I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ. Therefore… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Why would God bless you if all that you do, is show up on Sundays and park in the pew? — Kevin Pace Copy Share Image
Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Well, for me, I grew up very Southern Baptist, and I definitely lived in my bubble. You know, I lived in my… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
The most miserable man in this room tonight is the Christian who is not right with Him. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
God exposes your sin...And you see yourself as small as you are in the presence of a holy God. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image