And using that - the birth of a religion, it suggests that you have got two tests. You have the test of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
war has dug itself into economic systems, where it offers a livelihood to millions ... It has lodged in our souls as… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Monsieur, sit down; listen to me. I am not a heathen, I am not hard-hearted, I am not unchristian, I am not… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Never forget, Americans, that yours is a spiritual country. Yes, I know you're a practical people. Like others, I've marveled at your… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
It seems to me to be true that heavens are placed in the sky because it is the unreachable. The unreachable and… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
When we arrive at dilemmas in life and we are unable to decipher the right direction to go, if we hope to… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“The most important way to gain a hearing from postmodern people, confront nominal Christians, wake up “sleepy” Christians, and even delight committed… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Mastering – or, if you prefer, integrating – the psyche is the work of a lifetime….This mastery is not holding the psyche… — Richard Smoley Copy Share Image
“This kind of art school is for me the least important. A spiritual structure is needed. If a person is an artist… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why does a young Muslim, in the prime of life, with a full life ahead, go and blow himself up in a… — Wafa Sultan Copy Share Image
Children's authors have to pick words that reflect the spirit of a book and convey its message but also words that light… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I believe deeply that we must find a new spirituality... in such a way that all people of good will could adhere… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Jesus perfected his life and became our Christ. Priceless blood of a god was shed, and he became our Savior; his perfected… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
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The expression "follow the Brethren" has a broader meaning than some would apply to it. It means not only to agree with… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug,… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
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No one as yet has approached the management of New York in a proper spirit; that is to say, regarding it as… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
People getting ready to go to jobs that they don’t like, jobs that are making them sick. You see when you are… — Les Brown Copy Share Image
Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be trusted on… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I grew up in Baltimore and that's why I root for the Orioles. I'm very suspicious of people who move and take… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
“In fact, he argued, human beings need loyalty. It does not necessarily produce happiness, and can even be painful, but we all… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If you work with such people almost on the level of spiritual direction, you see that they are people who prefer a… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He doesn't ask you to make it right; He only… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The deceitfulness of the heart of man appears in no one thing so much as this of spiritual pride and self-righteousness. The… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
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“You are all misleading one another, and are yourselves deceived. The sun does not go round the earth, but the earth goes… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Talmud, the Halakha, the Qur’an, the Bible, the (Sikh) Granth Sahib—as “true and accurate in all particulars.”4 How could a dying religious… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Evangelicals have like millions of rules. And it's just, uh, we have sort of an accepted, rationalism within which we frame religion.… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
The gospel of Jesus Christ has the answers to all of our problems. The gospel is not a secret. It is not… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The Bible is a precious storehouse, and the Magna Charta of a Christian. There he reads of his Heavenly Father's love, and… — John Berridge Copy Share Image
Be a woman of Christ. Cherish your esteemed place in the sight of God. He needs you. This church needs you. The… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
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