Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Asceticism without religion is just another way of cultivating peculiar sensations. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
A string of opinions no more constitutes faith, than a string of beads constitutes holiness. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“Maybe it's because spiritual growth and vibrant faith in God don't happen in isolation, but under pressure.” — Lynn Austin Copy Share Image
I call that [Book of Job], apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Organized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian. — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
A spirit of equality and faith, and a belief of courage and faith. I wish you a Happy 4th of July. Take… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people. — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
“as masters of technical weapons we are fighting the environment as if we still believed ourselves to be strangers on the earth,… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
The resurrection of Christ from the dead, next to the Crucifixion itself, is the most significant event in church history. It isn't… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
Whatever obscurities may involve religious tenets, humility and love constitute the essence of true religion; the humble is formed to adore, the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion.… — Bernard Katz Copy Share Image
God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous. — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
The greatest need you and I have-the greatest need of collective humanity-is renovation of our heart. That spiritual place with in us… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
There is no ground whatever for the claim, so often made by religious apologists, that these ideals are specifically Christian and originated… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
They're crying. It was Drogba, it was the angels, it was the heavens, it was the stars, it was the gods, it… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image
“In her more lucid moments, she knew that half her life had been sacrificed to safeguard her secret heart, to appease that… — Raymond Kennedy Copy Share Image
Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Would you say that any one sacred book is superior to all others in the world? ... I say the New Testament,… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
“The first person Andrew brought to Jesus was his brother Peter. As soon as Peter joined the disciples, he became the spokesperson… — Henry T. Blackaby Copy Share Image
“Do not hold a lazy faith. Miracles are not spontaneous events we must wait for helplessly. Miracles are an achievement—a breakthrough accomplished… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image