It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
As for the various religions, there's no doubt that they are very meaningful to adherents, and allow them to delude themselves into… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Neighbor is no longer confined to the vocabulary of the individual. It is a national word. Modern inventions have annihilated distance. Commercial… — David Josiah Brewer Copy Share Image
“I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion? — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
No matter how difficult the challenge, when we spread our wings of faith and allow the winds of God's spirit to lift… — Roy Lessin Copy Share Image
“There is a saying in the Tibetan scriptures: “Knowledge must be burned, hammered, and beaten like pure gold. Then one can wear… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
I'm going to publicly challenge the biggest names in religion to repent and give back the money they've ripped off from the… — Richard Rossi Copy Share Image
The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You can think negatively or positively. If you are a positive thinker, you will base your decisions on faith rather than fear. — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
All the classical meditation traditions, in one way or another, stress nonattachment to the self as a goal of practice. Oddly, this… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Many spiritual seekers who say their wish is to awaken don't actually want what they believe they do. This becomes clear sometimes… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
“Intellectuals and artists concerned with faith tend to underestimate the radical, inviolable innocence it requires. We read and read, write long, elaborate… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
The recovery of spiritual sight and the healing of physical blindness have much in common. Some of those whose bodily eyes were… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Inherent in the impulse to be free, is insecurity. The impulse to be free comes from outside of the mind, and because… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The Rosary, especially prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, is a powerful means of spiritual grace. In all of our… — Thomas Vose Daily Copy Share Image
“Always beware of turning religion into metaphysics: Morality is its essence.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“It can certainly be misleading to take the attributes of a movement, or the anxieties and contradictions of a moment, and to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“We can all find spiritual growth and fulfillment and ultimately experience less suffering in the endeavor to keep an open heart.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
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