“Words written fifty years ago, a hundred years ago, a thousand years ago, can have as much of this power today as… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, that is itself a political… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
To claim that science and religion pose different questions to the world is not to suggest that if the bones of Jesus… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
What the world needs is more compassion; love in the broad sense, and use of practical reason to solve human problems. What… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front the sun… — Rudolph Amsel Copy Share Image
“And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
I am very much a scientist, and so I naturally have thought about religion also through the eyes of a scientist. When… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
“Religion, for Father Pavel, involved no escape from the natural into the supernatural, no repudiation of this world for the sake of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
While scholars are comparing and contrasting theories, debating intellectual questions, and dividing humankind into categories, the world is changed by persons with… — Grey Owl Copy Share Image
It takes faith to find personal significance in your relationship with God rather than how much money you earn, how beautiful you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that the real difference in the American church is not between conservatives and liberals, fundamentalists and charismatics, nor between Republicans… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
We only have this one planet; we got to figure out how to live on it without destroying it. So much of… — Tricia Helfer Copy Share Image
We have taken the glorious gospel of our blessed God and reduced it down to four spiritual laws and five things God… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
“the suspicion of science is not based in actual Christian belief. My congregation full of educators and scientists disproves that. But the… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share Image
“Jesus, the son of God, Christians believe. Or, if you believe as most of the world does, merely a good teacher. But,… — Patrick Davis Copy Share Image
Conformism is essential to the group coherence and 'spirit.' The whole impetus behind tribalism of this kind is conservative: Belonging to the… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
Even more than in the concert hall, in church there are things you can and cannot do, just out of respect. You… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
The use of rock, folk, or pop music serves a purpose. It gets people into the church. But an inexperienced guitar player… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Christianity is no mere scheme of doctrine or of ethical practice, but is instead a kind of miracle, a power out of… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“He has forgotten how to hope. This hell of the present is his Kingdom at last. All problems recover their sharp edge.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“The more he saw, the more he doubted. He watched men narrowly, and saw how, beneath the surface, courage was often rashness;… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“At the heart of God is the desire to give and to forgive. Because of this, he set into motion the entire… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Healthy wolves and healthy women share certain psychic characteristics: keen sensing, playful spirit, and a heightened capacity for devotion. Wolves and women… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom. 10:17). Notice it does not say, faith comes… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
“THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA 1. Question. Of what religion[1] are you? Answer. The Buddhist. 2. Q. What is Buddhism? A. It… — Henry Steel Olcott Copy Share Image
“SONIA: What can we do? We must live our lives. [A pause] Yes, we shall live, Uncle Vanya. We shall live through… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“[F]aith separates God from man, consequently it separates man from man, for God is nothing else than the idea of the species… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“The qualifications for doing something world-changing for God are simply faith and willingness. Faith means trusting God to do the impossible as… — Tim Storey Copy Share Image
“...Hell is the home of the unreal and of the seekers for happiness. It is the only refuge from heaven, which is,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of… — Andre Comte-Sponville Copy Share Image
“With all due respect to the religions of the world, there is no other story like the Christian story. The god who… — Fleming Rutledge Copy Share Image