“Born in a stable, cradled in a manger, He came forth from heaven to live on earth as mortal man and to… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“When one is born into a religion that is not too unsuitable for pronouncing the name of the Lord, when one loves… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
When we raise ourselves through meditation to what unites us with the spirit, we quicken something within us that is eternal and… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
Culture is already there and the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from two thousand years… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Take the Gospel parables: what are these stories, these narratives, if not powerful invitations to people to locate themselves within the situations… — Andrew Davison Copy Share Image
Take care of your inner beauty, your spiritual beauty, and that will reflect in your face. We have the face we created… — Dolores del Rio Copy Share Image
Most of us would agree that the important thing about Jesus is not his supposed miraculous birth or the claim that he… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account?… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
“You are one woman in an endless line of women who were chosen to love more passionately than others, be committed to… — Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney Copy Share Image
I always say to young fellows who consult me about the ministry, "Don't be a minister if you can help it," because… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Most of what I have seen, the churches that are growing are the best are those that are nondenominational. But I don't… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
Once you are enlightened, you don't do wrong things. You don't take to wrong things. Then you start understanding all these prophets,… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all - whether naturalists, atheists, Buddhists, or Christians - see the world through the grid of an interpretive framework - and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are people who begin waiting on God, and they do not know what they are waiting for—they have no idea. I… — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. We are sorry… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The God of the modern evangelical rarely astonishes anybody. He manages to stay pretty much with the constitution. Never break our by-laws.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If we move away from either/or thinking, and if we think, okay, every day of my life that I walk out of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To me, the circle and the square where the sky and the earth, as symbolized by the ancient Oriental religions; they formed… — Michel Seuphor Copy Share Image
Regardless of the reaction of others, one thing is certain: True worship and devotion will make our lives fragrant and will perfume… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
Then seeing that we are not borne for our selves, but each to helpe other, and our abilities are much alike at… — John Smith Copy Share Image
“The dictator State has one great advantage over bourgeois reason: along with the individual it swallows up his religious forces. The State… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
“One of these days some simple soul will pick up the Book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Without religion, also there is a way, it could be this way, through education, through scientific findings, then you get conviction. Not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Just as bank tellers need a thorough knowledge of legitimate currency in order to spot counterfeit bills, so Christians need a thorough… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“The church, someone has said, is the only club in the world where the only qualification for joining it and staying in… — Steve Brown Copy Share Image
“A lot of people come up here and they thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“Free a man of the constraints that limit and inhibit his development, and you have a free human being. Freedom is the… — Alexandra Silber Copy Share Image
“I think the church has done a pretty good job at reaching the "down and outers" but not a good job at… — Keith Craft Copy Share Image
It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of Philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Faith is decisively determined by the object of faith, namely, God and His Word. This does not ... imply that Scripture ...… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
The best characterization is provided by the product of this religious education, the Jew himself. His life is only of this world,… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
On the other hand, the cultivation of the religious sentiment represses licentiousnessinspires respect for law and order, and gives strength to the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
EVERY national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals. The Jews have… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Those who shine with the glory of God are destined to become walking spiritual experiences for others. Those who covet being in… — Julia Loren Copy Share Image
“I say “illusion” of choice because, in many cases, the nature of their choices hardly reaches the level of will, but of… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“The search for meaning in our lives takes us on paths large and small. When we go beyond ourselves-whether in forgiveness, unselfishness,… — Alex Pattakos Copy Share Image
An unborn soul never chooses a religion for coming to this world. It assumes its religion from the religious environment it finds… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The mysteries of the faith are not to [be] explained rashly to anyone. Usually in fact, they cannot be understood by everyone… — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image