You've got to have a vision and an intention and that will guide what you do. I call it devotion. Ask yourself,… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
We grew up going to church, and I believe in God. I don't know that I have the ability to define what… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
“The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Diversity of opinion in religious belief and its mode is not incompatible with equal possession of the essentials of pure faith, nor… — John Daniel Copy Share Image
I don't get that - people going to war over religion. I don't know, I could see going to war over justice… — Richard Jeni Copy Share Image
“The man that believes will obey; failure to obey is convincing proof that there is not true faith present. To attempt the… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
A musical, like most religions, provides the audience or followers with a sense of belonging. Religious services, on the other hand, with… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“We do not acknowledge enough, I think, the clan and tribe of our friends, who are not assigned to us by blood,… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
For Christians to be linked in association with ministries who do not preach the gospel of Christ is to incur moral guilt.… — Charles Haddon Copy Share Image
“Throughout the Bible, we see pictures of the global church (which includes all followers of Jesus in all locations) and the local… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“in 1788, he had become infatuated by the American republic and its spirit of “simplicity, goodness, and that dignity of man which… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill - to abide. By its nature, love is enduring.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Women covering their heads is traditional, but now we're seeing more and more women covering themselves from head to toe. This is… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Be creative. Don't be worried about what you are doing - one has to do many things - but do everything creatively,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the West the whole Western tradition of religion and psychology propounds, preaches, persuades people to have strong egos - because unless… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Valerik spit to one side. "We laugh at religion's brand of love, forms and rules that keep the poor feeding from the… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“how irrelevant the belief in God can be to religious experience—so irrelevant that the emotional structure of religious experiences can be transplanted… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
“[Jesus'] resurrection is therefore God's promise of new creation for the whole of the godforsaken reality which the crucified Jesus represents. It… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
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“Your Godliness speaks through your creaturehood. It is not debased and no entities took upon themselves the disreputable descent into matter. Your… — Jane Roberts- Seth Copy Share Image
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“There is no need to ”believe” in Jupiter or Wotan—something that is no more ridiculous then believing in Yahweh however—to be pagan.… — Alain de Benoist Copy Share Image
“Yes, our century is called the 21st century, but some countries are in the 16th century, some leaders in the 9th century,… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“The quality of any action of body, speech, and mind is primarily determined by the motivation. Thus any action done with positive… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“RESENTMENT - “Resentment is blockade No. 1 to spiritual power.” -“Resentment is a poisonous emotion that eats away at a person's peace… — Sekou Obadias Copy Share Image
I wish I could help everyone to understand this one simple fact: we believe in God because of things we know with… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The processes of secularization that followed in the wake of the Reformation continue to work themselves out in complicated ways, not only… — Brad Stephan Gregory Copy Share Image
Awakenings occur when we lose faith in the viability of our institutions and the authority of our leaders. Religious and spiritual awakening… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
At its most basic, the spiritual is the experience of the connectedness that underlies reality. The depth of that experience depends on… — Arthur J. Deikman Copy Share Image
“One entry was entitled: "About God": "This thought has been ascribed to Voltaire: If God did not exist, mankind would have invented… — Henrik Pontoppidan Copy Share Image
“He walked for days, stopping at bars and restaurants whenever he felt thirsty, hungry or tired; mostly they were automatic and he… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not… — Saint Terese of Liseaux Copy Share Image
Science can teach us, and I think our hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supporters, no longer… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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Every 'Oprah Winfrey Show' has about it the aura of Oprah's own life, just as the rituals and sacraments of a religion… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
For a deeply religious purpose, there are people who do not personally believe that abortion is acceptable. I understand that. But this… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
“Dance,' they told me, and I stood still, and while I stood quiet in line at the gate of the Kingdom, I… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Given the religious nature of the Middle Eastern culture, how might a Middle Eastern democracy [be] structured? Will there be three or… — Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Copy Share Image
The sap of Spring in the young wood a-stir Will celebrate with green the Mother, And every song-bird shout awhile for her;… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
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