“Also, always encourage 'being good' over 'doing good.' Acts of goodness are the difficulty for us and should, of course, be avoided.… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
My idea of the Christian religion is, that it is an inspiration and its vital consequences--an inspiration and a life--God's life breathed… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Worship in truth is worship that arises out of an actual encounter with God, a response to the experience of knowing God's… — Graham Kendrick Copy Share Image
“An interesting aspect of Cayce’s teachings on faith is that he perceived virtue as a fruit of faith. (262-18) As one lives… — John Van Auken Copy Share Image
The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save yourself or you'll be immortal. Of course, that's a… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
When the Holy Spirit sanctifies believers, he does a complete work in them. He puts into their minds, wills and hearts a… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Life and all you been told since you were brought into this world is the true lie. The religious system is a… — Michael Noyce Copy Share Image
The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate… When… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The religion of Jesus Christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in the world;… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“The sixth sign that you are under spiritual attack is that old iniquities begin to resurface in your life. What is an… — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
The grateful applause of the clergy has consecrated the memory of a prince, who indulged their passions and promoted their interest. Constantine… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“now the question we must ask is...what kind of _practices_ [theology] motivates, what kind of _gaze_ onto others, the guest, the new… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
The ever increasing spiritual damage caused by life within the big city will make this hunger practically uncontrollable when we build here… — Fritz Todt Copy Share Image
We need to understand that Jesus is a thinker, that this is not a dirty word but an essential work, and that… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures as one among various subjects… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“The two pillars of Freemasonry are Osirian in origin and none of them corresponds with the Sun; and yes, Freemasonry mistook one… — Ibrahim Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“Do you think there is heaven or hell? he signed. ‘I don’t know. Not in the Christian way, if that’s what you… — David Wroblewski Copy Share Image
“Data religion now says that your every word and action is part of the great data flow, that the algorithms are constantly… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Out of all the ridiculous religion stories - which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous - the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah,… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
It is time to stop the mealy-mouthed euphemisms: 'Nationalists', 'Loyalists', 'Communities', 'Ethnic Groups', 'Cultures', 'Civilizations'. Religions is the word you need. Religions… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
At what point, 2,000 years on from the life of Jesus, do we need a refresher course? Another 2,000 years? Imagine 100,000… — Trevor Treharne Copy Share Image
In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you just don't know, what you just don't know until you know it. If anyone says that meditation and spirituality are… — Martha Du'sage Copy Share Image
My main life interest and purpose is to bring spiritual awakening into this world, to be a vehicle for the flowering of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When God gets ready to shake America, He may not take the Ph.D. and the D.D. God may choose a country boy… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because¦ No matter how pathetic the reason, its enough to start war. War will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The word baptism means derailment. Christ baptizes Peter on the rock when he tells him: "Because you confessed your love for me,… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them --work, family, health,… — Brian Dyson Copy Share Image
Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Some of your children's rebellion against your spiritual lifestyle might be a necessary step in their finding an authentic relationship with God.… — Tim Kimmel Copy Share Image
If I read the Bible, I can also find a few harsh verdicts. Every religion can be abused. We're not talking here… — Alice Schwarzer Copy Share Image
We Protestants automatically assume that the Pharisees are the Catholics. They are the self-righteous people who have made Christianity a form of… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“In that face, deformed by hatred of philosophy, I saw for the first time the portrait of the Antichrist, who does not… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
To lovers of the wild, these mountains are not a hundred miles away. Their spiritual power and the goodness of the sky… — John Muir Copy Share Image
I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
Although many swamis and yogis had come from India to the West, Prabhupada was the only one with the purity and devotion… — Mukunda Goswami Copy Share Image
The whole relationship between a writer's spiritual/emotional condition and the kind of wordstuff and form-making that's going on in his work is… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“Here is a fundamental difference between the man of faith and the man of unbelief. The unbeliever is 'of the world', judges… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
“Rise up smiling, and walk with me. Rise up in the armor of thy body and what shall pass shall make thee… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image