A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature… — William Jay Copy Share Image
The waking dreams of life as most people know them are spiritual experiences, but there is another order of spiritual experience and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Such is the facility with which mankind believe at one and the same time things inconsistent with one another, and so few… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
We may now have reached a point where this gap in our make-up has become unsustainable; partly because what in the past… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Since in fact liturgical traditions, vestments, church vessels, etc., were immediately removed wherever Calvinism infiltrated or Reformed ideas even gained influence in… — Ernst Walter Zeeden Copy Share Image
. . . I feel we don’t really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From my mother came the idea that going down to the sea repaired the spirit. That is where she walked when she… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
“But if there was hope, it lay in the proles. You had to cling on to that. When you put it in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Live a life abundant in love and rich in spirit, these are the seeds of a fulfilling existence. Be the safe harbor… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
A woman of faith is fearless. There is no ambiguity, no uncertain trump in her life. She can live a principled life… — Margaret D. Nadauld Copy Share Image
Because modern Protestants have not only forgotten what Rome was, what she is, and what she will for ever be; the most… — Charles Chiniquy Copy Share Image
While our heart for social justice grows out from the gospel, social justice by itself will not communicate the gospel. We need… — Darrin Patrick Copy Share Image
Curiously, the most serious religious people, or the most concerned scholars, those who constantly read the Bible as a matter of professional… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Louis Duprée described this contradiction in his work on Afghanistan: “Islam, in essence, is not a backward, anti-progressive, anti-modern religion, although many… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
Prayer is, paradoxically, both a gift and a conquest, a grace and a duty. Does that not mean, is it not a… — Peter Forsyth Copy Share Image
The theory that thought is merely a movement in the brain is, in my opinion, nonsense; for if so, that theory itself… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The problem which confronts us as we approach modern man today is not how we are to change Christian teaching in order… — Francis August Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Art according to art! Love according to love! This is taking the salt away from Heaven. Do you think Our Savior tries… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
In pursuing personal growth, there are issues where we can advance just so far by ourselves. At some point, our continued progress… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear,… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
It would be unwise to condemn as irrational the practice of devouring the heart and liver of an adversary while yet warm.… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone,… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
"Magic is the first and last religion of the world. It has the power to make us whole, to open our eyes… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people.… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“the divine has taken a few steps back from humankind, perhaps in revulsion, perhaps because we don't deserve to look directly upon… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
As evangelical Christians, we have tended to relegate art to the very fringe of life. The rest of human life we feel… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Spirituality can’t be explained, religion seeks for every explanation. Religion will debate and try to prove the existence of God, while spirituality… — Ricky Maye Copy Share Image
It may be that one of our great faults in prayer is that we talk too much and listen too little. When… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
We cannot fulfill our engagements with the Almighty without we have that Spirit with us. We should so live as to acknowledge… — Daniel H. Wells Copy Share Image
Anyone who watched George W. and Karl Rove while the former was governor of Texas will recognize a familiar pattern. Like much… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and… — Origen Copy Share Image
“I believe that God hears our prayers, and cherishes them. I believe He answers by sending us His spirit, giving us strenght,… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
Of all the observations I have made on the strike, none has brought forth so much heat and emotion as the stress… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The sacrifice to Legba was completed; the Master of the Crossroads had taken the loas' mysterious routes back to his native Guinea.… — Jacques Roumain Copy Share Image
“Jefferson also founded the first intentionally secularized university in America. His vision for the University of Virginia was for education finally free… — Daryl C. Cornett Copy Share Image
Spiritual Balance is the obvious answer to the obsession that sometimes accompanies religious practice, occult practice, philosophical understandings - the assertion that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I didn't believe in dragging souls into some special club of the saved. 'I mean,' i' d told Steve once, exasperated after… — Sara Miles Copy Share Image
