The Tibetan religion has a past. And furthermore it has such an appeal. There again young people today are drawn to Buddhism… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My custom is to read four or five chapters of the Bible every morning immediately after rising. It seems to me the… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A spiritual sensibility encourages us to see ourselves as part of the fundamental unity of all being. If the thrust of the… — Michael Lerner Copy Share Image
... organized religion, in a dominating business society, can do only one of two things. It can either assure the communicant with… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
“Winston: I don't know - I don't care. Somehow you will fail. Something will defeat you. Life will defeat you. O'Brian: We… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There were dozens of people who walked through the Holy Land claiming to be the Messiah, curing the sick, exorcising demons, challenging… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“There are, then, three sorts of religious experiences. The ancient rites, which are essentially propitiatory. The mysteries, which purge the soul and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“What is it about human nature that when we are touched in a way that is life changing we want to share… — Bobbi Junod Copy Share Image
“Faith is not speaking and believing that IT WILL come to pass. Faith is speaking and believing THAT IT HAS ALREADY come… — Jeffrey Stewart Copy Share Image
The differences between religions are only differences involving the pathways that lead toward the practice of directly experiencing higher levels of perception… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
“Christians can disagree about public policy in good faith, and a libertarian and a social democrat can both claim to be living… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Be aware of the words that go into your mind, both conscious and unconscious, because words and ideas can be great tools… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
“The individual is drawn by two forces. First, the spirits desire of uniting all spirits. Second, a mixture of survival, fear and… — Monaristw Copy Share Image
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“To be skeptical of the resultant text of the New Testament books is to allow all of classical antiquity to slip into… — John Warwick Montgomery Copy Share Image
We're taking action against evil people. Because this great nation of many religions understands, our war is not against Islam, or against… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“I refer to the Gospel account in which Christ weeps at the grave of his friend Lazarus. We need to pause and… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
“If Shirley were not an indolent, a reckless, an ignorant being, she would take a pen at such moments, or at least… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
When looking through the spiritual eye, or the third eye encased within the human mind, one can see vividly beyond the ken… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Love for others and respect for their rights and their human dignity, irrespective of who or what they are, no matter what… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
We start... imitation of Christ with Holy Baptism, which symbolizes the Lord's Burial and Resurrection. Virtuous living and conduct in accord with… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“Part of being a Christian is recognizing that sin deceives us, and we need other believers to help us see the things… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Well'm, faith ain't no magic wand or money-back gar'ntee, either one. Hit's jest a way a'livin'. Hit means you don't worry th'ew… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
“The way a people (whether an ethnic group, a nation, or a religious community) defines itself has enormous significance. That definition indicates… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“What we think of as the twenty-seven books of “the” New Testament emerged out of these conflicts, and it was the side… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
“Heed the words of Gautama Buddha, spoken 2,600 years ago: “Do not believe in what you have heard; do not believe in… — Ted Andrews Copy Share Image
Revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication- after that it is only an account of something which that person says was… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I find enough mystery in mathematics to satisfy my spiritual needs. I think, for example, that pi is mysterious enough (don't get… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“Suffering is one of the greatest spiritual teachers of humanity. Even though none of us really ever welcomes it...having had enough of… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so… — Charles Carroll of Carrollton Copy Share Image
“There is no language so filthy as Spanish. There are words for all the vile words in English and there are other… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“When he was twenty-three years old, he (George Fox) saw the inner light in a vision. For him it symbolized the spirit… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image