The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm,… — George A. Smith Copy Share Image
More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the [biblical] texts that authorised them remain. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is hard for many people to give up the religion in which they were born; to admit that their fathers were… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“At the time, most Europeans believed that religious conformity was necessary to safeguard civil order, and they questioned how such a diverse… — David S. Kidder Copy Share Image
I've said so often to pastors, if your sermon can't get out of your zip code throw it away. It has to… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
It should be made clear that in order to live a Christian life, any Christian must be able to discriminate and hate,… — Bernhard Kuiper Copy Share Image
It’s like there is this predator energy on this planet, and this predator energy feeds on the essence of the spirit. — John Trudell Copy Share Image
Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
To invoke a Kierkegaardesque figure of speech, the beauty of the language of the Bible can be like a set of dentist's… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Susan Boggs, a black runaway interviewed in Canada in 1863, said of the religious slave masters: 'Why the man that baptized me… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Evolution lies at the heart of biology. It is seamlessly and continuously linked to health research to better understand such conditions as… — Huntington Willard Copy Share Image
The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. They who preach this… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Faith is better understood as a verb than as a noun, as a process than as a possession. It is an on-again-off-again… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Whereas much of what we know from ancient history is derived from one or two sources, we have no fewer than nine… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
New York accepts everybody. It doesn't matter your sex, color, religion. Everybody works together to create a better life. — Elie Tahari Copy Share Image
Lamantia is faith building, encouraging poetry in that it abstractly hugs you by finally capturing the inexpressible. It's an experience similar to… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“What was the use of conquering the world if they could not drink and murder and love as the spirit moved them?” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for everyone…It's not too late to help a neighbor in… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
“I beg of you my brothers, remain true to the earth, believe not those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes! Poisoners… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. The spiritual journey is the relinquishment, or unlearning, of… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I'm not against religion but if you have to force it on people who choose a different way of life then your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My teaching - of what is perceived to be a complex and foreign sounding religious philosophy - has become the target for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It was at that moment he realized that his spirit was truly human once more. For he no longer remembered how to… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
It is time to rekindle the spirit of the Renaissancee to achieve a golden age that will be a turning point for… — Joel Garreau Copy Share Image
The future must not belong to those who treat faith as a means of knowledge. The future-if peace is to be a… — Craig Biddle Copy Share Image
“The feet bear the burden of the body, the head the burden of the mind, and the heart the burden of the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“To be able to think freely isn't a crime, it's a gift. A real privilege; one not enjoyed by a vast majority… — Mamur Mustapha Copy Share Image
“The footmen opened the church doors, avoiding their kissing prince and princess and the four collared mice that scurried around them. The” — K.M. Shea Copy Share Image
There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
“If the universe does consist of a battle between the devil and God, the final analysis should conclude that religion would have… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
I find it inconceivable that we're meeting for five and a half days, and there isn't one moment on the agenda to… — Roger Mahony Copy Share Image
The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place. — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn Copy Share Image
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