I don't attend church because I am a Meryl Streepist and we, her disciples, have not organized a place of worship yet.… — Jasika Nicole Copy Share Image
I mean, I think it's a two-way relationship: I think you should not have too much faith in your own rationality. You… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
“What have paupers to do with soul or spirit? It's quite enough that we let 'em have live bodies. If you had… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Theology, I am persuaded, derives its initial impulse from a religious wavering; for there is quite as much, or more, that is… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
The greatest act of faith is that which rises to your lips in total darkness together with the sacrifices, sufferings and wholehearted… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
“My death conceals an appalling conspiracy against our religion, our traditions and the way we see the world. Open your eyes, discover… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The function of the church for both young and old is not to give us on Sundays certain kinds of experiences different… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
We're talking a lot about reason and religion today, but I really hope that the American experiment can continue, because liberty really… — James Wasserman Copy Share Image
Faith-not a faith in one's self or in one's own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right,… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
“Why do religious believers hate unbelievers? The feel threatened by them, they feel besieged by them. Religions consider themselves as separate tribes… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the laws by which gravity held the… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“Like the discovery of most things - love and religion especially - she maintained the child's arrogant wonder than no one had… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
Poetry is an intimate act. It's about bringing forth something that's inside you--whether it is a memory, a philosophical idea, a deep… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
What would become of the world without the Devil? Under all the different systems of religion that have guided or misguided the… — Geraldine Jewsbury Copy Share Image
“Funny isn't it, that such a large percentage of people believe in the possibility of ghosts yet scoff at stories about then;… — D.L. Koontz Copy Share Image
“The Church is always God hung between two thieves. Thus, no one should be surprised or shocked at how badly the church… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
“Belief without any practice is of no use to us. But there are two sides to religious practice: one is the ritualistic,… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
YOU ARE AN ARTIST OF THE SPIRIT Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly. Life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Jesus-shaped spirituality hears Jesus say "believe and repent," but the call that resonates most closely in the heart of a disciple is… — Michael Spencer Copy Share Image
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“typeset: Katherine Lloyd, The DESK Ebook conversion: Fowler Digital Services Formatted by: Ray Fowler Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from The… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
It's a spiritual malnutrition tied to a moral constipation, where people have a sense of what's right and what's good. It's just… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny.… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research… — Abhinavagupta Copy Share Image
In the two books I wrote, even though they were written in a sort of Joycean gobbledegook, there's many knocks at religion… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
God himself, finding he was in the midst of spirits and glory, because he was more intelligent, saw proper to institute laws… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself,… — Benjamin Riggs Copy Share Image
My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Hence the greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; Hence, it is justly regarded… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In speaking of the fear of religion, I don’t mean to refer to the entirely reasonable hostility toward certain established religions and… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
“I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Some places, because of their spiritual history, are noted to be locations where people will often experience an open heaven. In fact,… — Todd Bentley Copy Share Image
I can understand when people say that they're not a big fan of my music. That's an individual opinion, and I respect… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
Luckily inside, I feel like an 18-year-old, with the spirit inside me as adventurous and young as it ever was. I still… — Robson Green Copy Share Image
Yet Buddhism is four hundred years older than Christianity, and if it's not a universal religion I don't know what a universal… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
“Contrast toxic religion with the pure gospel. Religion is all about what I do. The gospel is all about what Jesus has… — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
Under our institutions the only way to perfect the Government is to perfect the individual citizen. It is necessary to reach the… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
![“Theology, I am persuaded, derives its initial impulse from a religious wavering; for there is quite as much, or more, that is mysterious and calculated to awaken scientific curiosity in the intercourse with God, and it [is] a problem quite analogous to that of theology.” quote by Charles Sanders Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/61a/charles-sanders-peirce-5105_curiosity_theology-i-am-persuaded-derives-its-init_564614.jpg)
![“[M]y religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4b6/anonymous-1_belief_m-y-religious-belief-teaches-me-to-feel_2349342.jpg)
![“I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of god. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. What God desires is here [mind] and here [heart] and what you…” quote by William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e0/william-monahan-3226_every-day_i-put-no-stock-in-religion-by-the-word-r_8215.jpg)
