“Religion is, as I say, something universal and something human, and something impossible to eradicate, nor would I want to eradicate it.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“But as men farther exalt their idea of their divinity, it is their notion of his power and knowledge only, not of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is alleged by men of loose principles, or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
“Do all that you can to make your baptismal services a spiritual, Christ-centered experience. A new convert deserves to have this be… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“Show me a population that is deeply religious, and I will show you a servile population, content with whips and chains, contumely… — Hubert H. Harrison Copy Share Image
“..:Seek wisdom about the good life, yet, remain innocent when it comes to evil… Pursue a life that creates peace and builds… — Rafael Garcia Copy Share Image
“art is question without answer; religion is question and answer, where the answer cannot be explained but only repeated; science is question… — Efraim Podoksik Copy Share Image
I've always had a knowing that being kind is a lot more effective than being angry. And being generous has always been… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences* which have revolutionized our… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts,… — Alfred A. Montapert Copy Share Image
I am somebody who believes that every political direction is valid, as with every religion. The basis of Christianity is perfect, just… — Demis Roussos Copy Share Image
“This is why humility, spiritual poverty, is so precious: it locates our identity securely in the one place where it will be… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“This is freedom. This is the face of faith, nobody gets what they want. Never again are you the same. The longing… — Jorie Graham Copy Share Image
“Others, however, have an overwhelming sense of their own inadequacy and see only their failings, and to these Edwards brings the sweetness… — Robert M. Norris Copy Share Image
“Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
“The idea that humiliation is some capital crime of the spirit is a fiction. The sentences we hand down for losing control… — John Hockenberry Copy Share Image
“[...] like any human practices, those of religions are not exempt from ethical questioning. Rituals and rites in groups change behavior, sometimes… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. A… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
The greatest events that have been spoken of by all the Holy Prophets will come along so naturally as the consequences of… — George Q. Cannon Copy Share Image
“The standard practice of preachers linking God’s work so closely to church programs and priorities had a devastating effect on Christians who… — Michael Spencer Copy Share Image
“After graduating high school and leaving my faith-reinforcing circle of Christian classmates, my religious fervor cooled somewhat, but I was still firm… — Alan Jeskin Copy Share Image
“Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The essence of America – that which really unites us — is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“In Protestantism there has been a persistent belief that to externalize religion is to degrade it. Only in the privacy of the… — Robert Nisbet Copy Share Image
“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“There are two ways of renouncing the devil,” he said; “and the difference is perhaps the deepest chasm in modern religion. One… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It’s not just on specific days or times to be conscious of God’s presence, but all the time. I can feel holiness… — Sadiqua Hamdan Copy Share Image
“The Catholic chruch as threatened your life - do you not want revenge? Have you not sold your hatred to the Pretestant… — S.J. Parris Copy Share Image
“Modern research affirms what all religions have known: Service to others brings gifts to oneself. As the Dalai Lama put it, “If… — Lewis Richmond Copy Share Image
“Spirituality is not an action, it is a vision. Worldly people’s vision is towards worldly life whereas ‘this’ is a spiritual vision.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Gospel is a very dangerous idea. We have to see how much of that dangerous idea we can perform in our… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I can't tell Black people to fight a war that is Israel's war. What kind of leader will you be, or should… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
“I've never been able to understand 'faith' myself, nor to see how a just God could expect his creatures to pick the… — Heinlein Copy Share Image
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