What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Jesus wisely counseled his followers to search for the kingdom of heaven within themselves; but to go within, one needs a door,… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Imagine what it might do to the human spirit to know that we have conquered hunger as a world wide societal issue? — John Denver Copy Share Image
I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Many worry about the black box in their head wondering if it is bliss or despair, i do not for some one… — Kody Snider Copy Share Image
I thought that coming out was going to be the end of my religious life but actually it was the beginning. Because… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
We live amid falling taboos. In our crowded little hour of history we have seen how the prejudice of religion no longer… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“A century ago, in his 1905 classic work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber argued that striving for… — Scott A. Sandage Copy Share Image
Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality," said the skeptic who was ready for an argument. "Here's one," said the Master. "When… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
What happens at the average church or synagogue or mosque is that I don't know many priests or ministers or rabbis who… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience. All spiritual teachings… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
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At its very core the story of Easter has nothing to do with angelic announcements or empty tombs. It has nothing to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“Worship whatever is spiritual, then it is possible to attain spirituality. Where true spirituality exists, there is nothing related to sensual pleasures,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the… — Angelus Silesius Copy Share Image
The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
“She wondered what it said about her spiritual fitness that her clearest messages from the Almighty seemed to come from the alternative… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
I'm a spiritual person. I do believe in a higher power. I believe God placed me on this planet to be a… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
“Now that her spirit had left, I’d thought she would feel light. Then I realized it was the spirit that carries the… — Jessica Maria Tuccelli Copy Share Image
It is through truth & non-violence that I can have some glimpse of God. Truth & non-violence are my God. They are… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The Church must run the risk of dilution rather than leave the state to the cold light of reason, unwarmed by tenderness.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Each of the world religions has its own particular genius, its own special insight into the nature and requirements of compassion, and… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
All this talk about atheistic materialism and God-fearing American I think is beside the point; it's a rather vapid form of religion. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“Thanks be to God, Who gives us suffering as sacred remedy for all our sins, that best and purest essence which prepares… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
There is no counsel like God's counsel. No comfort like His comfort. No wisdom more profound than the wisdom of the Scriptures. — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Religion doesn't play any part in my life in terms of how I live my life. But I don't think I've ever… — Larry David Copy Share Image
To open the Bible is to open a window toward Jerusalem, as Daniel did (6:10), no matter where our exile may have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's no race, no religion, no class system, no color - nothing - no sexual orientation, that makes us better than anyone… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
“Do you know your Bible?' 'Uh, not very well.' 'It merits study, it contains very practical advice for most emergencies.” — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Every race gets the religion it deserves, and only as policemen, pugilists, and priests have they succeeded, here and there a successful… — George A. Moore Copy Share Image
Science, like art, religion, political theory, or psychoanalysis - is work that holds out the promise of philosophic understanding, excites in us… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
It would be amazing if something completely spiritual sounding happened. Oh, my gosh! We'd be all over it. Because it's something new… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It seems like your dreams are your own spirit, your own soul, telling you what you're meant to do and getting you… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
![“We don’t need to “be filled,” we already are. We don’t need to “pursue God,” He has already pursued us. We aren’t trying to call Him down out of Heaven through our good works and displays of devotion, but He has already come down on His own because of His grace. We are already one with Him.[23]” quote by D.R. Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/d-r-silva-16509_religion_we-don-t-need-to-be-filled-we-already-ar_1824131.jpg)
![“[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou shalt not steal' is one's good opinion of one's self.” quote by Elizabeth Goudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/elizabeth-goudge-2888_burglary_salvation-is-a-curious-process-of-divine_266718.jpg)
