In George W. Bush's case, the public paid far too little attention to the role of religion in his thinking. Many voters… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
“I mean, that guy who wants to be President, that Jarret, he would call you all heathens or pagans or something." Indeed,… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
Without self-knowledge you have no root in yourselves personally; you may endure for a time, but under affliction or persecution your faith… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
“Let me encourage you to start saying positive things about yourself. Maybe you don’t think you’re the most beautiful person on earth,… — Sadie Robertson Copy Share Image
Compassion- which means, literally, "to suffer with"- is the way to the truth that we are most ourselves, not when we differ… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The conduct of a new sedoretu is to some extent, and wisely, prescribed by custom and sanctioned by religion. The first night… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“The violence that Jesus endured only makes sense if you understand that here was God taking upon himself the punishment for the… — David Gregory Copy Share Image
“We believe that it is possible for scientific work to gain some knowledge about the reality of the world, by means of… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
“It also excludes emotionally binding relationships with others, attachments to people or things that interfere with one’s ability to minister to others,… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“The one use of the Bible is to make us look at Jesus, that through him we might know his Father and… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
When we place our faith in Christ, God becomes our Father, we become his children, other believers become our brothers and sisters,… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
If people really stopped and realized how much art and creative people move the world versus politics and religion, I mean it’s… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
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“In order than everything should be reduced to the same level, it is first of all necessary to procure a phantom, its… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The conception of gods originated in fear and curiosity. Primitive man, unable to understand the phenomena of nature, and harassed by them,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
If we have never had the experience of taking our commonplace religious shoes off our commonplace religious feet, and getting rid of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In Gilead, the narrator's friend's son describes himself not as an atheist but in "state of categorical unbelief." He says, "I don't… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
Some believe in Jesus, they don't act like they do. Some believe in Mohammed, I don't believe that's true. Cause they do… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I think it is important that religious leaders of all kinds consciously attempt to distinguish between issues of natural law on which… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
“Political movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos, and nature is the matrix in which humans come… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
This kind of passionate faith can be painful. Not caring is easy. Caring hurts. Caring costs you something. But without this sort… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
“This is the law of nature that every person who is born has to go through certain kind of painful experiences. The… — Subodh Gupta Copy Share Image
Is the nature of men such, that they can reject miracle, and at the great moments of their life, the moments of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Grandpa said Jesus meant us… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“The purpose of his life, death, and resurrection was to ransom you from your sin, deliver you from the clutches of evil,… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Christianity indeed has equaled Judaism in the atrocities, and exceeded it in the extent of its desolation. Eleven millions of men, women,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“one should follow the Vedic regulations and surrender unto the Supreme Lord because that is the ultimate goal of perfection in human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fable of Christ and his twelve apostles is a parody of the sun and the twelve signs of the Zodiac, copied… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“You have to be doubly foolish to be a Satanist,” Stoney muttered. “Doubly?” “Not only do you need to believe all the… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
“ This union of two natures in Christ's one Person is doubtless one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian religion. It needs… — J.C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
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Those ministers of God who go about condemning me rather than preaching the Gospel they are sent to preach, are doing themselves… — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
Just as an earthly garden needs constant attention, so, too, does our spiritual garden. When we first begin our journey of spirituality… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
![“The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So America… The moment the last nuclei of Red [Indian] life break up in America, then the white men will have to reckon with the full force of the demon of the continent.” quote by D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/d-h-lawrence-426_america_the-spirit-of-place-does-not-exert-its-f_3007923.jpg)
