“Salvation is no supernatural or extraterrestrial phenomenon, though, throughout history it is seen mostly as something supernatural and mystical. Salvation simply means… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Any religion which will sacrifice a certain set of human beings for the enjoyment or aggrandizement or advantage of another is no… — Julia Ward Howe Copy Share Image
“What does this mean?” What has to be explained so that my listeners will understand the passage? Does the biblical writer explain… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“Shiva says: UDYAMA IS BHAIRAVA. The day you begin your spiritual endeavor, you start becoming bhairava – you start becoming one with… — Osho Copy Share Image
“The beliefs are almost always the same; it's just that the histories are different. Everybody wants to believe in a higher power.… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
One makes a gift of one's life and endeavors by sanctifying it with love, and devotion and selfless service. When seeking to… — David Hawkins Copy Share Image
Religion becomes a matter of belief, and belief acts as a limitation on the mind; and the mind then is never free.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Spiritualizing sex is actually a movement of energy—feeling and emotion—that rises within you and moves into your sexual physicality as an alive,… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
Many people assert that this abandonment of the god hypothesis means the abandonment of all religion and all moral sanctions. This is… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Ronan gave in to the brief privilege of hating himself, as he always did in church. There was something satisfying about acknowledging… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Jesus offered a single incentive to follow himto summarize his selling point: 'Follow me, and you might be happy-or you might not.… — Samir Selmanovic Copy Share Image
A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“Of course, I could holler Religious Persecution. Not that it would do any good. But it's something I happen to know quite… — Guy Vanderhaeghe Copy Share Image
The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to… — Richard M. Daley Copy Share Image
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.I would not attack the… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
“You sound just like my parents. That is just exactly what my ignorant Christian parents would say. Just, if it doesn’t fit… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“I don’t read the Bible like a flat line. I don’t see all of the passages in the Bible sitting equally side… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Encourage free schools and resolve that not one dollar appropriated for their support shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“And you that sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness… — Lord Dunsany Copy Share Image
The main topic I'm always talking about is equality, and I get that it's politics, but it shouldn't be. It should be… — Conchita Wurst Copy Share Image
Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about baptism will always be its involvement with the death of Christ ... The prevenient aspect of the grace… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“We must have faith in ourselves and our decisions, as well as trusting that we have the strength and ability to handle… — Amanda Harvey Copy Share Image
“I would say a few words in your ear. A doubtful man has little faith. Live a long time and it gets… — Vicente Aleixandre Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The great spiritual tension between the contemplative life of the monk and spiritual activism in the world dissolves entirely with one word—namaste:… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Unlike other religions in the world the Hindu religion does not claim any one prophet; it does not worship any one god;… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Jesus of Nazareth always comes asking disciples to follow him--not merely "accept him," not merely "believe in him," not merely "worship him,"… — Lee Camp Copy Share Image
“Serving” is assisting your fellow man, the how-to, practical way to thrust your life into the spiritual wall to make the tunnel bigger.… — Tom Hillman Copy Share Image
Spiritual empowerment is evidenced in our lives by our willingness to tell ourselves the truth, to listen to the truth when it's… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
The aggressive and quite illogical idea of a single religion for all mankind, a religion universal by the very force of its… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
The proclamation of the Gospel is destined primarily to the poor, to those who often lack the essentials for a decent life.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“How encouraging to remember that the Spirit of God is more powerful than the spirit of wickedness! As 1 John 4:4 reminds… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
