Marriage ... has historically been a battlefield, the site of collisions within and between governments and religions over who should regulate it.… — Evan Wolfson Copy Share Image
Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of… — Kurt Schwitters Copy Share Image
Race does not come into it. It is pure religion and culture. Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
...the great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas,… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“Environmentalist Paul Hawken, in the 2009 commencement address to the University of Portland, said, “Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would… — Paul J. Pastor Copy Share Image
Atheists blame religion when priests do wrong. Anything can be misused, whether it is nuclear power or a matchstick. So, how can… — Asghar Ali Engineer Copy Share Image
“We have been cut off from our souls in the West, and because romantic love has become our religion, we think we… — Sarah Bartlett Copy Share Image
In a sense, the religious person must have no real views of his own and it is presumptuous of him, in fact,… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
The true Church is not an institution to be kept apart from the world because the world "is common and unclean," but… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“The older Puritans had trampled down all fleshly impulses; these newer Puritans trampled no less self-righteously upon the spiritual cravings. But in… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
“Natural Witchcraft dates back further than all of the great religions. Natural Witchcraft is the worship of Mother God and her seasons.… — Rebecca Campbell Copy Share Image
Government schooling made people dumber, not brighter; made families weaker; ruined formal religion with its hard-sell exclusion of God; set the class… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
The best thing about religion is that it's so transparently absurd it can't possibly last forever. I'm convinced it will only take… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
If Christians continue to rely on emotion and ignore evidence, they will continue to lose their children to secularism. As Ravi Zacharias… — Frank Turek Copy Share Image
To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of… — Hoda Kotb Copy Share Image
“As Hitler did, those who would bend the plowshare of religion into a sword would doubtless do the same with skin color,… — Carlton Pearson Copy Share Image
“But the child grows up, and reaches adolescence. He stands on the threshold of life, and the school-bench is left behind him.… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
Numerous emigrants, of every lineage and language, attracted by the civil and religious freedom we enjoy and by our happy condition, annually… — James K Polk Copy Share Image
“A song that straight people related to, now they find out it's about two guys? The flip side, or what I now… — Bob Mould Copy Share Image
Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Since I was in flight from religion, I assumed that my classmates had to be in flight from religion too, albeit in… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“Simon, you gave me no water to wash my feet, but this woman as washed them with her tears. You gave me… — Clysta Kinstler Copy Share Image
“Our missionary message is strengthened by the knowledge of the Restoration. We know that God speaks to His prophets today, just as… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
“And if what is near you is far away, then your vastness is already among the stars and is very great; be… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
For me, I just want to sing about life. And since I come from a spiritual background, I turned to jazz, because… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“He wished he understood where they come from: all the terrorists, religious revolutionists and hate-criminals. Did terrorizing entire communities of people help… — Thisuri Wanniarachchi Copy Share Image
The European wars of religion were more deadly than the First World War, proportionally speaking, and in the range of the Second… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
“I don’t think the biggest threat to our theology is humanism or the host of world religions. Our biggest threat is cut-and-paste… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
I should like to believe my people's religion, which was just what I could wish, but alas, it is impossible. I have… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There is a spirit greater than you, always within reach of you, but he only comes to take charge when your own… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
“I believe in the Supreme Being, in a Creator, whatever he may be. I care little who has placed us here below… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Look on the effect of your religions, those movements that have swept up millions with their fantastical claims. Look at what they… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“Biologists are diligently unraveling the mystery of how such formidable creatures like dinosaurs vanished from the face of the Earth. Meanwhile, our… — Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq Copy Share Image
Jesus will always move away from religious drama and toward the needs of people who are hurting. Jesus will always go out… — Steven Furtick Copy Share Image
