The Bible must be the invention either of good men or angels, bad men or devils, or of God. However, it was… — Charles Wesley Copy Share Image
Hadst thou no poison mixed, no sharp-ground knife, No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean, But 'banished' to kill me--'banished'?… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I‟m going to kill her,” Francesca said to no one in particular. Which was probably a good thing, as there was no… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Killing, raping and looting have been common practices in religious societies, and often carried out with clerical sanction. The catalogue of notorious… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Superhero science has taught me this: Entire universes fit comfortably inside our skulls. Not just one or two but endless universes can… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The development of our spiritual nature should concern us most. Spirituality is the highest acquisition of the soul, the divine in man;… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century,… — Andrew Schneider Copy Share Image
When I was very young, biology, the diversity of life, was one of my main interests. I know there's this image people… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
A good soldier is a blind, heartless, soulless, murderous machine. He is not a man. His is not a brute, for brutes… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Christ has conquered death, not only by suppressing its evil effects, but by reversing its sting. By virtue of Christ's rising again,… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
Fear in sooth holds so in check all mortals, becasue thay see many operations go on in earth and heaven, the causes… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
To get a man soundly saved it is not enough to put on him a pair of new breeches, to give him… — William Booth Copy Share Image
The good of the governed is the end, and rewards and punishments are the means, of all government. The government of the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Every one of us has secret dreams and desires along with seeds of greatness implanted within us. You too have gifts to… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Some people take better care of their car than they do of their body. Most people, in fact, pay little attention to… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
When I reflect that the task which the artist implicitly sets himself is to overthrow existing values, to make of the chaos… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Sorrow is God's plowshare that turns up and subsoils the depths of the soul, that it may yield richer harvests. If we… — Lettie Cowman Copy Share Image
The law no passion can disturb. 'Tis void of desire and fear, lust and anger. 'Tis mens sine affectu, written reason, retaining… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Judaism calls for us to honor the rhythm of human life, the demands of the human community around us, the call of… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves… — Richard Furman Copy Share Image
But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK?… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Ah, how wonderful is the advent of the Spring!—the great annual miracle… which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
When I had gone through the whole, and saw what a plain, simple, reasonable thing Christianity was, suited to all conditions and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is not-being that is the true state, and all our dream of life is inexistent; but, if so, we feel… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Let us look upon a crucified Christ, the remedy of all our miseries. His cross hath procured a crown, his passion hath… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The more you are possession oriented, the less happy you will be. The less happy you are, the farther away from the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The heart is the inner face of your life. The human journey strives to make this inner face beautiful. It is here… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my own just above the others; because in it I recognize… — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
The vault above us is not deaf because the universe is an idiot; the silence is not the heartless silence of an… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Man doth seek a triple perfection: first a sensual, consisting in those things which very life itself requireth either as necessary supplements,… — Richard Hooker Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Brothers and sisters, this is a divine work in process, with the manifestations and blessings of it abounding in every direction, so… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
The ego is not a thing but a subtle effort, and you cannot use effort to get rid of effort - you… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“As all material creation consists of out-births of things spiritual, the spiritual world being the world of causes, and the natural world… — John Daniel Copy Share Image