Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Geese appear high over us, / pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, / as in love or sleep, holds them to their… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Thus openness and surrendering are the necessary preparation for working with a spiritual friend. We acknowledge our fundamental richness rather than bemoan… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“All of our faith and practice arise out of the drama of Scripture, the “big story” that traces the plot of history… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Has modern society lost a measure of its spiritual awareness because we take so little time to walk? In not allowing ourselves… — amy litzelman Copy Share Image
“Faith should be a tool to set us free, not a means to fuel a fascist agenda seeking to impede the civil… — Cristina Marrero Copy Share Image
“You are about to be reminded of the truth-of-all-truths. I use the word “reminded” because it is something you already know, but… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
“Why does God allow us to spend so much of life in the heart of battle? Because He never meant for us… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Why did the consensus of Christian churches not only accept these astonishing views but establish them as the only true form of… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
What goes on in the world and who's defining what is right or wrong in anything? Is there a place in any… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
“The oldest of the three Abrahamic religions, and the clear ancestor of the other two, is Judaism: originally a tribal cult of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The American Revolution was characterized by three basic freedoms: economic freedom or capitalism, political freedom or constitutional democracy, and freedom of speech… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“are more open to the Christian faith than they were in their original context. Most have been uprooted from their familiar, traditional… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The fact that the universe is illuminated where you stand—that your thoughts and moods and sensations have a qualitative character in this… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Almost all religions provide opportunities for human beings to convince themselves of their own righteousness, to speak in the name of God,… — Stephen Prothero Copy Share Image
For just as some people want a purely spiritual Christ, without flesh and without the cross, they also want their interpersonal relationships… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“You should know about this energy because it’s yours. It’s your birthright, and it’s unlimited. You can call upon it any time… — Michael A. Singer Copy Share Image
The most important lesson that were supposed to be learning right now is how completely lost we are without God. If we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That was the best of the American spirit, I thought--having the audacity to believe despite all the evidence to the contrary that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Jesus calls us to dangerous places because He loves people who live in dangerous places. He loves the perpetrators of violence and… — Kate McCord Copy Share Image
When a minister or a clergyman takes seriously unfashionable Christian doctrines which condemn sex outside marriage, homosexuality, abortion, and feminism, and injects… — Benjamin Hart Copy Share Image
Here is a most significant fact-the subconscious mind takes any orders given it in a spirit of absolute FAITH, and acts upon… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
What we need is something, a definition of a human, starting from the ground up, so that the suitable moral structure that… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Proponents of so-called pluralism feel compelled to ban religious considerations from public discourse because they know, instinctively if not intellectually, that their… — Benjamin Hart Copy Share Image
... the death of the spirit which threatens every man unless he is conscious of the danger and has a real purpose… — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper Copy Share Image
I only had one focus and one direction, and I knew where my spirit and heart lived, and it was in singing… — Cheryl Ladd Copy Share Image
“He strove for the diapason, the great song that should embrace in itself a whole epoch, a complete era, the voice of… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
I am not religious, but I am a pious man... A religious man has a definite religion. He says "God is there"… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
“In the case of someone who is spiritual receptive, it is possible to talk of an analogy between the impact made by… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
“A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into… — Joseph Smith Jr Copy Share Image
“We do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
LIFE is that existence that is given to man to live for a purpose, to live to his own satisfaction and pleasure,… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
President Kennedy's election was such an enlargement. It expanded religious freedom to include the highest office in the land. President Kennedy's administration… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
“And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
Through the Holy Spirit comes our restoration to paradise, our ascension into the kingdom of heaven, our return to the adoption of… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Be careful, dear friends, that you do not misrepresent God yourselves. You who murmur; you who say that God deals hardly with… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“"The indictment [the Western/modern question, 'Why be moral?'] also issued from a gross underrating of the 'moral' force that was regarded within… — Wael B. Hallaq Copy Share Image