I shall venture to affirm, that there never was a popular religion, which represented the state of departed souls in such a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“It is surprising to me that one of the great crimes of history has gone unnoticed; the abduction of god by religions.… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“fact, by any reasonable standard, global religious repression constitutes a human rights catastrophe. As noted earlier, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center concluded… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
The moral certitude of the state in wartime is a kind of fundamentalism. And this dangerous messianic brand of religion, one where… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The same comparison holds true within the United States itself: Southern and Midwestern states, characterized by the highest levels of religious literalism,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“(however you may have reformed your life in many things, and may have had religious affections, and may keep up a form… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, all science is correlation. No matter how effectively it may use one variable to describe another, its equations will always ultimately… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And so [my brother] Gilbert and I, brought up without a formal religion, remained throughout our lifetimes just what Father was, freethinkers.… — George Seldes Copy Share Image
“Uncompromising trust in the love of God inspires us to thank God for the spiritual darkness that envelops us, for the loss… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“historical arguments; traditional apologetics breaks down here. Since man is here dealing with God and this by definition means with the invisible,… — Hans Küng Copy Share Image
My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to commune with the spirit of the universe, to be intoxicated with the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The mystery of sound is mysticism; the harmony of life is religion. The knowledge of vibrations is metaphysics, the analysis of atoms… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“The religion of the flag promptly replaced the cult of heaven, an old cloud which had already been deflated by the Reformation… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“Undoubtedly the most important source of religion is fear; this can be seen in the present day, since anything that causes alarm… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The physical characteristics of the child Jesus will always remain a point of discussion. No artist has ever produced a type, nor… — Henry Ossawa Tanner Copy Share Image
Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light… — Edd Doerr Copy Share Image
“Now wonder our youth is confused and in pain; they long for God, for the transcendent, and they are offered, far too… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Seventy-six percent of the American people say we have a spiritual problem in our country. That's great, because now they understand the… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
In the mountains, worldly attachments are left behind, and in the absence of material distractions, we are opened up to spiritual thought.… — Jamling Tenzing Norgay Copy Share Image
I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of one day seeing it all. Seeing in its… — Joel-Peter Witkin Copy Share Image
It is not the function of religion to answer all the questions about God's moral government of the universe, but to give… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
God requireth not a uniformity of religion to be enacted in any civil state; which enforced uniformity (sooner or later) is the… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
There is a lake that one day refused to flow away and threw up a dam at the place where it had… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Christian's attempt to help remedy the perilous condition of these three sleeping pilgrims is met with indifference, indolence, and intolerance. Christian, troubled… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Every line of true knowledge must find its completeness as it converges on God, just as every beam of daylight leads the… — Robert Dabney Copy Share Image
“Soul Mates share complementary, compatible life goals and their spiritual natures are often in sync with ours. They also experience an immense… — Aletheia Luna Copy Share Image
“I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35… — Carl Gustav Jung Copy Share Image
We must love one another as God loves each one of us. To be able to love, we need a clean heart.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Something is wrong. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, crime, torture, corruption and the ice capades. If this is the best… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Spiritual practice is not a mindless repetition of ritual or prayer. It works through consciously realizing the law of cause and effect.… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“His spells portrayed the spirit as a frail thing, contstantly under attack and in need of stength, always threatening to die inside… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“We can either emphasize those aspects of our traditions, religious or secular, that speak of hatred, exclusion, and suspicion or work with… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Lets say from the first moment of my life, everything's always been about me and nothing else, including apocalypse and chaos; let's… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
For people raised and programmed on the patriarchal religions of today, religions that affect even the most secular aspects of our society,… — Merlin Stone Copy Share Image
I belong to the Great Church which holds the world within its starlit aisles; that claims the great and good of every… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It would be worthy of the age to print together the collected Scriptures or Sacred Writings of the several nations, the Chinese,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When a soul has advanced so far on the spiritual road as to be lost to all the natural methods of communing… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
“...[A] strange necessity has been laid upon me to devote my life to the central concern that transcends the walls that divide… — Howard Thurman Copy Share Image
“You were baptized?" "My sister told me that yes, Father baptized me shortly after birth. My mother was a Protestant of a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
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