A man becomes spiritual insofar as he lives a spiritual life. He begins to see God in all things, to see His… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women’s morality means… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“To confuse compulsory schooling with equal educational opportunity is like confusing organized religion with spirituality. One does not necessarily lead to the… — Wendy Priesnitz Copy Share Image
We are His children in Very deed, having been born of Him in the spirit, and we have inherited the very attributes… — George F. Richards Copy Share Image
“Why should the spread of ideas and people result in reforms that lower violence? There are several pathways. The most obvious is… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Just as once upon a time you could make the experience of religion or nature a great metaphor, so now it is… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet,… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“If the Lord wishes to use editors and compilers to bring His message to us, that is His decision. And so He… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
Perhaps what is really being proposed by the Evangelical fundamentalists is a return not to the 1950s family but to the family… — Ira Reiss Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is more active than faith, though enthusiasm cannot remove mountains nor call into action any of the omnipotent forces which faith… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first. As certain religions of the world say that a man who does… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Everybody really knows what to do to have his life filled with joy. What is it? Quit hating people; start loving them.… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
For those who do not make the transition to a matured, more spiritual self-will reason will indeed be no more than rationalization.… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Purpose to develop an agreeable spirit. I'm not suggesting that you have to agree with everything everyone says. I'm simply saying that… — Robert Morris Copy Share Image
I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“This is our recurring temptation—to live within our camp’s caves, taking turns both as the shadow-puppeteers and the audience. We chant our… — Daniel Jones Copy Share Image
A friend of mine says that in the world of religion we often have ignorance on fire and intelligence on ice. The… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“This means we can already rule out the revisionist positions on Jesus’s resurrection that have been offered by so many writers in… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education,… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
“Either god exists or it doesn’t exist. If a god does exist, it either interacts with the universe in some detectable way… — Matt Dillahunty Copy Share Image
“So, I begin each day with a gesture of cynicism, and close it with a gesture of faith; or, if you prefer,… — John Barth Copy Share Image
To attain peace among the nations in any dynamic or enduring form requires not simply political negotiation but a new mode of… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
“Religious illiteracy is more dangerous because religion is the most volatile constituent of culture, because religion has been, in addition to one… — Stephen R. Prothero Copy Share Image
I think by the age of about nine I recognized that there were a lot of different religions, and it was an… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“At the age of twelve, before I had had one full year of formal schooling, I had a conception of life that… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
The earth is literally our mother, not only because we depend on her for nurture and shelter but even more because the… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
The Museum of the Bible, the sprawling, 430,000-square-foot tribute to the good book, has been dogged by controversies long before opening day.… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
“…The Lord through His grace appeared to man, gave him the Gospel or eternal plan whereby he might rise above the carnal… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not prescribed in the Bible, and Christians can and do live under other political systems. But Christians can hardly fail… — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
“It seems that a whole lot of people, both Christians and non-Christians, are under the impression that you can’t be a Christian… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“Before passing through the gates of a town I've never visited, I take a minute to salute its saints - the dead… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
My entrepreneurial spirit happened all day long because I got to think of things that kids would interact with. I was in… — Steve Spangler Copy Share Image
I believe in God. Nobody made me believe; I don't think you can or should try to force someone to believe something.… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“conditions, an effort to reconcile the spirit which loves freedom and goodness and beauty with its harsh, bare and disappointing conditions. It… — Hamilton Wright Mabie Copy Share Image
