“There are two sorts of good wills. The one says, "I would do well, but it gives me trouble, and I will… — St. Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Philosophy does provide me a structure and a way of thinking. Religion - like the religion I grew up with, Mormonism -… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“Modern spiritual consciousness is predicated upon the fact that God is gone, and spiritual experience, for many of us, amounts mostly to… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
“The “with God” life is not a life of more religious activities or devotions or trying to be good. It is a… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“I see things in windows and I say to myself that I want them. I want them because I want to belong.… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
In my opinion, with political and religious views, how can you 110 percent, full-hearted say without a shadow of a doubt say… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
“Your brain is run by information generated by nations, religions, ethnic groups, and other groups whose goals are perhaps not the same… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
I sometimes like to think of God as a great symphony and the various spiritual paths as instruments in an orchestra. The… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Religion is not based on belief or faith: religion is based on awe, religion is based on wonder. Religion is based on… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“We see what we need to see,but we must remain open to new ideas and new ways of doing things.Progression of the… — Sheri Meshal Copy Share Image
“Commonly, that is to say metaphysically, either faith takes the place of reason when reason can no longer establish plainly what faith… — Jean-Luc Marion Copy Share Image
The first Christians were formed by the first Easter into a new community that transcended all other commitments, encompassing the tax collector… — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
“Your faith is designed to operate outside of your emotions. When you operate in faith, how you feel has no bearing on… — Dawn M Harvey Copy Share Image
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know much about God, ’cept that if you pissed Him off, He’d getcha one day. My momma knew God—she was… — Cupcake Brown Copy Share Image
Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
What you call faith, I call a sorry excuse Cloak and daggers murder the truth The bitter taste, there's nothing else I'll… — Bring Me The Horizon Copy Share Image
We never learnt the right lessons. We never went to the root of the problem. Once you start politicising religion, you play… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
“He had always told her that there was only one existence, one science, one religion, that the external world was but a… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
“More people than ever before look to government as their best chance of securing well-being rather than as their inevitable enemy. Politics… — John Morris Roberts Copy Share Image
“All I said was that I thought it was a judgement from God that Blyth had first lost his leg and then… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movement than is the cult of the dinosaur. When… — Beau Sheil Copy Share Image
“Being a vampire is not a curse. It’s a disease,” Tessa filled in. “But they still can’t enter hallowed ground, then? Does… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
It is good to renew ourselves, from time to time, by closely examining the state of our souls, as if we had… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall… — Robert Jackson Copy Share Image
“A really large amount of sympathy with both pain and joy (a feeling of pleasure resulting from being herded together, which is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The spectacle we find in true religions has as its purpose enchantment, not entertainment. The distinction is critical. By endowing things with… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
One of the things that all religions have is a narrative of doomsday. There has to be some kind of overarching fear… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I think there is a serious corruption in the idea sold through advertising that you can attain spiritual peace through lifestyle and… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
There is a question whether faith can or is supposed to be emotionally satisfying. I must say that the thought of everyone… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I have a very ecumenical faith. I have a very inclusive faith. There's a quote I love from recovery literature that says,… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
“A leading common sense–based reason for exploring other animals’ realities, which is also a scientific one, is the pursuit of truth. Science… — Paul Waldau Copy Share Image
“adore Thee in a spirit of reparation for all the priests of the Church, but especially for those who never, or hardly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“The Gospels were written in such temporal and geographical proximity to the events they record that it would have been almost impossible… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
Many native cultures believe that the heart is the bridge between Father Sky and Mother Earth. For these traditions, the 'four-chambered heart,'… — Angeles Arrien Copy Share Image
If you are religious, you believe that your religion is the 'right' one—and, in many cases, all others will be sent to… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
At this time of crisis we cannot be concerned solely with ourselves, withdrawing into loneliness, discouragement and a sense of powerlessness in… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
G.K. Chesterton, who was part of a Catholic conservatism that was kind and loving, not reactionary or hateful, said "We're all in… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
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