Government is a true religion: it has its dogmas, its mysteries, its priests. To submit it to the individual discussion is to… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“The definition of Christian art is to be found in its subject and its spirit. Everything, sacred and profane, belongs to it.… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
“These disciples of Jesus were men who had been led to despair of themselves. At the beginning of their three years of… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
We're confronted with great darkness as a species right now as spiritual creatures on this planet. I don't think it's hopeless, and… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
But one thing that seems pretty clear when we look at human religion is that it's highly tied in with human culture.… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I think we've made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we've treated anything… — Alan Chambers Copy Share Image
“People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“all healthy spirituality will always have a truly “sexual” character to it, a desire for re-union. Religion is always, in one sense… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
A comprehensive doctrine, either religious or secular, aspires to cover all of life. I mean, if it's a religious doctrine, it talks… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
The difference between my beliefs and having a religious faith is that I am prepared to change my views in light of… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
“In many ways politics follows culture. As ancient Greek musician Damon of Athens said, ‘Show me the lyric of a nation and… — David Kinnaman Copy Share Image
“The writings which make up the New Testament were none of them written to be a primary and sufficient source of information… — Philip Hughes Copy Share Image
When people say to me, 'You hate America,' I don't hate America. I love America. I am just embarrassed that it has… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
When people have faith is believing in god and in some one u love but if u don't love ur brothers and… — Chica Copy Share Image
The paramount question of the day is not political, is not religious, but is economic. The crying-out demand of today is for… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
I think the spirit of America, one American wanting to make another American's life better, or internationally our desire to see countries… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Wise, compassionate and accessible, David Benner's The Gift of Being Yourself is truly a gift to the dedicated seeker. The author draws… — Margaret Guenther Copy Share Image
Once Mel Gibson revealed himself to be, like the president, a person of serious religious faith, the gloves came off. Mel Gibson… — Daniel Lapin Copy Share Image
Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
“Of course, the puritanical have opposed idleness since biblical times. Spiritual sloth was the "noonday demon" that distracted a monk from his… — Jessica Kerwin Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche: “He who has a ‘why’ can live with any ‘what.’” Dr. Frankl hypothesized that we have three parts to our nature:… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
When it comes to bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion...… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I am a person of faith! I believe I have a soul and there is a God in heaven who send his… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
There is nothing more difficult to outgrow than anxieties that have become useful to us, whether as explanations for a life that… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
I had one warden tell me since I've been out, and I visited an inmate in prison right here in New York,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Imagine that you're an intelligent extraterrestrial, concerned only with verifiable truths. You discover a species that has divided itself into thousands -… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The author is aware that the essence of the Christian faith is perfectly independent of his criticism. The supernatural birth of Christ,… — David Friedrich Strauss Copy Share Image
“that in every individual a spiritual element is manifested that gives life to all that exists, and that this spiritual element strives… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The resurrection of Jesus was simply God's unwillingness to take our 'no' for an answer. He raised Jesus, not as an invitation… — Clarence Jordan Copy Share Image
“have not some religions, including the most influential forms of Christianity, taught that the heart of man is totally corrupt? How could… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Rather than an excess of firearms there's a shortage of faith and family that has a lot more to do with what… — Kate O'Beirne Copy Share Image
“...there must be a renewal of the spirit of our forefathers, an appreciation of the American way of life, a strengthening of… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“Most important of all, individual believers can experience the power of the risen Christ in their lives today. First of all, they… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
“Christians should pursue cultural activities not with a spirit of triumph and conquest over their neighbors but with a spirit of love… — David VanDrunen Copy Share Image
“The issue with desire is at the root of what it means to be human. There are major issues with how we… — Laura Dodsworth Copy Share Image
To accept yourself wherever. you are… And don't think in terms of competition! You need not be anywhere else. Wherever you are,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
