“It is wrong to assert we enter into the world devoid of all faith and belief and only subsequently personally select a… — Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD Copy Share Image
Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The best thing about religion is that it's so transparently absurd it can't possibly last forever. I'm convinced it will only take… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
Government schooling made people dumber, not brighter; made families weaker; ruined formal religion with its hard-sell exclusion of God; set the class… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
The true Church is not an institution to be kept apart from the world because the world "is common and unclean," but… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“The older Puritans had trampled down all fleshly impulses; these newer Puritans trampled no less self-righteously upon the spiritual cravings. But in… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
“Natural Witchcraft dates back further than all of the great religions. Natural Witchcraft is the worship of Mother God and her seasons.… — Rebecca Campbell Copy Share Image
In a sense, the religious person must have no real views of his own and it is presumptuous of him, in fact,… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
“We have been cut off from our souls in the West, and because romantic love has become our religion, we think we… — Sarah Bartlett Copy Share Image
Atheists blame religion when priests do wrong. Anything can be misused, whether it is nuclear power or a matchstick. So, how can… — Asghar Ali Engineer Copy Share Image
“Environmentalist Paul Hawken, in the 2009 commencement address to the University of Portland, said, “Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would… — Paul J. Pastor Copy Share Image
Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
...the great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas,… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
Race does not come into it. It is pure religion and culture. Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Marriage ... has historically been a battlefield, the site of collisions within and between governments and religions over who should regulate it.… — Evan Wolfson Copy Share Image
Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of… — Kurt Schwitters Copy Share Image
The kids think we're wacky. Mum and Dad are in showbiz - they don't know any other way. They've grown up travelling… — Deborra-Lee Furness Copy Share Image
Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is… — John Baillie Copy Share Image
“Since I was in flight from religion, I assumed that my classmates had to be in flight from religion too, albeit in… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“A song that straight people related to, now they find out it's about two guys? The flip side, or what I now… — Bob Mould Copy Share Image
Numerous emigrants, of every lineage and language, attracted by the civil and religious freedom we enjoy and by our happy condition, annually… — James K Polk Copy Share Image
Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
“But the child grows up, and reaches adolescence. He stands on the threshold of life, and the school-bench is left behind him.… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of… — Hoda Kotb Copy Share Image
“As Hitler did, those who would bend the plowshare of religion into a sword would doubtless do the same with skin color,… — Carlton Pearson Copy Share Image
If Christians continue to rely on emotion and ignore evidence, they will continue to lose their children to secularism. As Ravi Zacharias… — Frank Turek Copy Share Image
The essential thought must ever be that a man does not, except in his spiritual infancy, accept a statement merely because the… — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
Living creatures possess a moving soul and a certain spiritual superiority which in this respect make them similar to those who possess… — Nahmanides Copy Share Image
“We live for today and have faith in tomorrow. We've learned from experience to enjoy what we have while it's ours, because… — Ann Barrett Batson Copy Share Image
The most intelligent hearers are those who enjoy most heartily the simplest preaching. It is not they who clamor for superlatively intellectual… — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
“forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. They are always… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“You may spoil the Gospel by interposition. You have only push something between Christ and the eye of the soul, to draw… — J. C. (John Charles) Ryle Copy Share Image
Many have been deceived by outward appearances and have proceeded to write and teach about good works and how they justify without… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Whenever you're going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t a religious man, but something about the woods at night always struck me. Surrounded by the crystal quiet, the ancient… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“...to be Catholic was to belong to an ethnic group, not a religion. You didn’t really have to believe it, or act… — Carlene Bauer Copy Share Image
We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
By connecting with one's Divine Self, Carol Whitaker has captured the essence of transformation from within. Like a diet for the mind,… — Laura M. Brotherson Copy Share Image
