“God language can tie people into knots, of course. In part, that is because ‘God’ is not God's name. Referring to the… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
Religions have a special responsibility to encourage and inspire people to love planet earth, which as far as we know, is the… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“In spiritual issues--(by "spiritual" I mean: "pertaining to man's consciousness")--a trader is a man who does not seek to be loved for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Every relationship has a spiritual purpose that helps us grow and become stronger. Sometimes, our most challenging relationships bring the greatest personal… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
“If there is anything in life I know to be true, it is that life itself is a matter of the spirit.… — Randall Wallace Copy Share Image
Muzzle control has to be a religion. You cannot point that weapon at one of your brothers-or yourself. Know where you barrel… — Dick Couch Copy Share Image
If therefore our houses be houses of the Lord, we shall for that reason love home, reckoning our daily devotion the sweetest… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
“There is a desire within each of us, in the deep center of ourselves that we call our heart. We were born… — Gerald May Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it;… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Science, art, learning and metaphysical research all have their proper functions in life, but if you seek to blend them, you destroy… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The church is ever in peril-and never more so than now-of the disaster which must follow when she allows men of distinction… — Lewis Sperry Chafer Copy Share Image
“Whether Egypt or Greece is the source of modern civilization, their religion is not something one desires. As oppressed and enslaved people,… — Alemayehu Mekonnen Copy Share Image
It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Time passed. Art came off the walls and became rituals. Ritual became religion. Religion spawned science. Science led to big business. And… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
We, including many Christians, read the Bible through "eyes" conditioned by, and even accommodated to, modern Western culture plus the influences of… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
What Paul is clearly saying is that if anyone is worthy of being saved, they will be saved. At that point many… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
When you hear a person say, "I hate," adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
“We are but beginners now in spiritual education; for although we have learned the first letters of the alphabet, we cannot read… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“There are now six times more Anglicans in Nigeria alone than there are in all of the United States. There are more… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
God the Father was there before man invented time, then God the Father created Jesus, God the Son, the Spiritual Technology Power… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
Many people meditate in order that a third eye may open. For that they feel they should close their two physical eyes.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights decoupled religion from the state, in part because so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The Bar Room has a corner table placed strategically at a point diagonally across from the entrance. the table of tables in… — Raymond Sokolov Copy Share Image
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . .… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Let none of you have a soul which is barren and without fruit. Let nobody be unloving or unreceptive to the spiritual… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“Religious language,” write the authors of Soul Searching, “is like any other language: to learn how to speak it, one needs first… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school… — Elton John Copy Share Image
“Look!" Hawkeye said. Duke looked where Hawkeye was pointing. In one corner, kneeling on the dirt floor with his elbows on his… — Richard Hooker Copy Share Image
“Each day the Spirit of God assured me that He wasn’t looking at my intellect or talents, but my yieldedness. Some of… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
Science and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
Just one mental shift-focusing on the abundance of your environment-switches your psychological settings so that your life automatically improves in many areas… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Finally, I want to come to the question of sex. If anything proves that religion is not just man-made but masculine-made, it… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Faith, as such, is merely a dispositive cause of justification,— part of its causa materialis, — whereas a Sacrament is a true… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
I don't think religions will merge into a great global faith. But I do believe we're moving toward a global ideology that… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
“That’s the oldest sin of all. Pride. Spiritual pride. Believing that you’re better than others. Believing that you’re enlightened, you’re smart, you’re… — Jerome Wilde Copy Share Image
“Freedom is a place, an area. It's a higher place. There are some other people that are here, and things that are… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
