He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one should be allowed to give back the gift of life, unless they are very old and full of tears, when… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Religion itself becomes offensively monotonous. On every point of vantage are pagodas -- stupid stalagmites of stagnant piety. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
"God", "the immortality of the soul", "salvation", "the beyond"-even as a child I had no time for such notions, I do not… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If people would stop doubting their faith, they would doubt their mind. But they do doubt their faith, and wont doubt that… — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
I always tell my Western friends that it is best to keep your own tradition. Changing religion is not easy and sometimes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Our assignment is affirmative: to forsake the things of the world as ends in themselves; to leave off idolatry and press forward… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Those who use religion for their own benefit are detestable. We are against such a situation and will not allow it. Those… — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Copy Share Image
Faith, then, generically, is confidence in a personal being. Specifically, religious faith is confidence in God, in every respect and office in… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Rob J.’ s revelation was science, a faith less comfortable and far less comforting. Truth was its deity, proof was its state… — Noah Gordon Copy Share Image
“Religious people are forced to perform mental gymnastics to reconcile real life with their delusions. When Christianity, Islam and the rest of… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
For you [God] are infinite and never change. In you 'today' never comes to an end: and yet our 'today' does come… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Did you realize that much of the original Bible included chapters of Gnostic wisdom?" Ambrose said. "They were purged from the King… — R.S. Belcher Copy Share Image
Religion has become to many merely a means of doing a little charity work, just to amuse them after a hard day's… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's… — Pattie Mallette Copy Share Image
“Giving in the spirit of love, expecting nothing in return is how God gives and so should we, as we are a… — Alice Hocker Copy Share Image
“A spiritual perspective at midlife helps us to focus on what's really important in terms of feeling more connected to the world… — Robi Ludwig Copy Share Image
“Nuts didn't need religion to make them nuts, Allison had long since decided, but it did seem to give them a certain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The whole [of religion] is a riddle, an ænigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the onlyresult of our… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We must re-grasp the idea of church membership as being the membership of the body of Christ and as the biggest honour… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Christians belong in American politics because there is not and cannot be a fundamental separation between our moral vocation and our citizenship. — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
“Just when the gods had ceased to be, and the Christ had not yet come, there was a unique moment in history,… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I sometimes forgot about how spiritual Henry was. I had been raised as a Methodist where the highest sacrament was the bake… — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
Teach us to know that we cannot know, for the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Invisible strands of solidarity threaded among strangers who, upon finding out they shared the same religion or nationality, developed an instant affinity.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Faith isn’t faith, unless it believes in the unseen. It doesn’t take faith at all to cling to what you see. Faith… — Cherie Hill Copy Share Image
I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when I… — Robert Vaughn Copy Share Image
Whatever strengthens and purifies the affections, enlarges the imagination, and adds spirit to sense, is useful. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
A good father does these basic things: provides for his family, protects his family, and gives spiritual and moral guidance. — David Blankenhorn Copy Share Image
I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“The Gospel is the proclaimed restoration of unity with a humble God who not only died to cleanse us from sins but… — Robby Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The religious belief varies from village to village. Nearly all worship the cholera and smallpox deities, and there are traces of serpent… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I do not need the Lord to heal me. What I need is the faith to trust him no matter what happens.… — Kasey Van Norman Copy Share Image
“At some point in your life, you have to give up anger or it will destroy your spirit the way cancer destroys… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image