“Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Of course, we carry inside of ourselves our parents. Even when they are dead, we carry them inside ourselves. And they are… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
So often we try to develop Christian character and conduct without taking the time to develop God-centered devotion. We try to please… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
To see and feel one's beloved naked for the first time is one of life's pure, irreducible epiphanies. If there is a… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“No honor, no heart, no religion; a corrupt woman. I always knew it and always saw it, though I tried to deceive… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The system of fathers of the world church, the clergy system of the state church, and the pastoral system of the independent… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
It’s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Some people, even in worship, seem to think that they must say their 'Amen' in a particular way, or must say it… — David Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions, and the Jewish people to whom… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Heretics must believe. More than anyone else in an organization, it's the person who's challenging the status quo, the one who is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“I don’t think it’s overstating it to say that my religion of choice became VHS rentals, and that its messages came in… — Emily M. Danforth Copy Share Image
In my travels, I have found two peoples, the Tibetans and the Fijians, who don't seem to have this problem. Their closeness… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In the same way as some illiterate, if he saw an open book, would notice the figures, but would not comprehend the… — Hugh of Saint Victor Copy Share Image
Religious people should be very active if they believe that the world belongs to God, and politics is a very important part… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Christ, and after that everything is “automatic.” This is because of our failure to lay a scriptural emphasis in our evangelical preaching.… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“Before I knew anything about church, I'd assumed that most Christians spoke the same language, shared a sense of fellowship, and beyond… — Sara Miles Copy Share Image
“Have patience . . . We are not the masters of our own feelings of attraction or revulsion; these come from places… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“In connection with this, consider again the statement, ALL THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALIZED, (given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin immediately… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“In some ways I admire Aunt Helen's unwavering certainty in God's divine plan. It must be comforting, to have faith like that.… — Hannah Harrington Copy Share Image
This is of monumental significance. The gift has been given - what we make of it is up to us. Unless we… — F. Burton Howard Copy Share Image
On the whole, I now see my work as being an expression of my spiritual life and, because I look at it… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
The sun with loving light makes bright for me each day, the soul with spirit power gives strength unto my limbs. In… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
We're a Muslim family, but we're also very cultured and we have a mixture of different religions. For example, my brother-in-law is… — Rima Fakih Copy Share Image
I tell you, we would be hard put to determine what is more evil -- religion or the pure idea. The intervention… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Personal growth can be painful, because it can make us feel ashamed and humiliated to face our own darkness. But our spiritual… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The anger I felt when the ACLU tried to disenfranchise me because my religious stayed with me. These are dangerous people who… — Henry Hyde Copy Share Image
I love a serious preacher, who speaks for my sake and not for his own; who seeks my salvation, and not his… — Jean Baptiste Massillon Copy Share Image
“Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
Torrents of blood have been spilt in the old world, by vain attempts of the secular arm, to extinguish Religious discord, by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded, intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“We must live a twofold life—a life of thought and action, of silent prayer and earnest work. The strength received through communion… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“The spiritual dance has no other purpose, no other aim than to elevate humankind beyond self thought, to joy, to bliss, to… — Murshid Samuel L. Lewis Copy Share Image
To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (33rd Degree Masons), we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
“It may interest you that, a day or so ago, attempting to discuss your ideas with regard to sex and religion ,… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
“of how we live our lives must encompass ALL scripture, not just what sounds good or what we are familiar with, or… — Brandy Dillon Copy Share Image
Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire… — Peter Canisius Copy Share Image
“No more quickly can a person rob you of your joy and peace than when that individual succeeds at making you feel… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“There were no religious images in the churches or synagogues of our childhood that celebrated the birthing powers of women. According to… — Patricia Lynn Reilly Copy Share Image
