Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that… — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
“The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Since most scientists are just a bit religious, and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific, we find humanity in a comical position.… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Many of those whose task it is to broker the truth of God to the people of God in the churches have… — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“1. The buck stops here. I am responsible for my past and my future. 2. I will seek wisdom. I will be… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“One of the most important elements of spiritual progress is a willingness and ability to let go of the past, and this… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“But if science cannot answer some ultimate question, what makes anybody think that religion can? I suspect that neither the Cambridge nor… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We mast show by our behavior that we believe in equality and justice and that our religion teaches faith and love and… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“After situating herself on a huge flat-sided rock, Baby Suggs bowed her head and prayed silently. The company watched her from the… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
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“Of all the wars that have taken place wince then, none has endured so long as the conflict between knowledge and belief.… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
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How do we receive the highest mystery of Divine love to us ? the mystery of the Christian faith? With our mind,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
There is a certain class of unbelievers who sometimes ask me such questions as, if I think that I can live on… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“You will never have a missional church without missional people who engage the lives of others where they live, where they work… — Lance Ford Copy Share Image
In the process of writing '13,' friends were asking if I was OK because I was saying things about religion or about… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Contempt for theory, art, history, and for man as an end in himself, which is contained in an abstract form in the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Everything we learn—economics, philosophy, biology, mathematics—has to be understood in light of the overarching reality of the character of God. That is… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Like all religious people, Christians repress, remember, and retell their core stories selectively. They emphasize this episode at the expense of that… — Stephen Prothero Copy Share Image
“If there is a person of the highest grade of understanding, he may first of all learn the most profound, next the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“One cannot keep on evangelizing the world without interfering with the world's culture. It devolves upon God's people, therefore, to contend for… — Henry R. Van Til Copy Share Image
Thus it is that our faith and trust in our Heavenly Father, so far as this mortal experience is concerned, consists not… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does… — Anna Sewell Copy Share Image
On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as a scientist… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion.… — John Updike Copy Share Image
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“the consciousnesses who have been directly associated with ideas of enlightenment or spiritual paths will often reach a point of the admission… — Master Teacher Copy Share Image
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“And no small part of this unpredicted miracle was the curious innocence of these people in the very midst of their freedom… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
My faith in God is unshakeable, even though till date, I have not experienced any miraculous incident that makes me feel the… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
“Mithorden said it well," she said finally. "It's worshipping death. They say they follow light. But, in the end, they're really following… — Robert Fanney Copy Share Image
The spirit of man is nomad, his blood bedouin, and love is the aboriginal tracker on the faded desert spoor of his… — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
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