“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” If that joy ceases, you become weak and are very likely to turn aside.… — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Copy Share Image
... the more the mind dominates, the more the ego comes into play, and the further people depart from their true inner… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
“Thank you for this precious day, These gifts you give to me, My heart so full of love for you, Sings praise… — John Denver Copy Share Image
What we get, we members of the Church, compared with the total mass that is distributed, is almost microscopic, but the spirit… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
“I was vaguely aware that same of those around me thought that this pairing of explorations was contradictory and I was headed… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Rather than being any longer a threat to the established androcratic order, Christianity became what practically all this earth's religions, launched in… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
There are two principles inherent in the very nature of things, recurring in some particular embodiments whatever field we explore - the… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Good human work honors God's work. Good work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in itself and for… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I think religion and science operate in different regimes. Religion is a belief system that tries to give meaning and comprehension to… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
“The minister’s leadership of the congregation in its mission to the world will be first and foremost in the area of his… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Sciences have the view of looking at the world as individual pieces and this has been going on now for about 300… — Lynne McTaggart Copy Share Image
Fundamentalism in most of its forms is the active creation of antibodies to some threatening [god] virus. As long as threatening religions… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
All down the ages we see how blood has stained the surface of the earth; but now a ray of greater light… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
She was startled. "But you're human, aren't you?" In some ways yes. But in other ways I'm a stranger to your kind.… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“In times of extremes, extremists win. Their ideology becomes a religion, anyone who doesn't puppet their views is seen as an apostate,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When you realize that no one really knows what they are doing and that everyone is doing the best they can according… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I was raised in a family where I went to church every Sunday and was taught the importance of faith and God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Life is full of change, honey. That's how we learn and grow. When we're born, the Good Lord gives each of us… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
This practice of adoration is based on strong and solid reasons. For the Eucharist is at once a sacrifice and a sacrament;… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
“What a strange fellowship this is, the God seekers in every land, lifting their voices in the most disparate ways imaginable to… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“The mission of Jesus brought not a new teaching but a new event. It brought to people an actual foretaste of the… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
“Become a great artist. That is the only way to justify what you are doing to everyone's life.'... I did not understand… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Syncretism can be disturbing to people. They have often been taught, "You have to have solid faith and must be sure of… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
“With all due respect to the religions of the world, there is no other story like the Christian story. The god who… — Fleming Rutledge Copy Share Image
To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of… — Andre Comte-Sponville Copy Share Image
“[F]aith separates God from man, consequently it separates man from man, for God is nothing else than the idea of the species… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“SONIA: What can we do? We must live our lives. [A pause] Yes, we shall live, Uncle Vanya. We shall live through… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“...Hell is the home of the unreal and of the seekers for happiness. It is the only refuge from heaven, which is,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The qualifications for doing something world-changing for God are simply faith and willingness. Faith means trusting God to do the impossible as… — Tim Storey Copy Share Image
I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
“I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA 1. Question. Of what religion[1] are you? Answer. The Buddhist. 2. Q. What is Buddhism? A. It… — Henry Steel Olcott Copy Share Image
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom. 10:17). Notice it does not say, faith comes… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
Healthy wolves and healthy women share certain psychic characteristics: keen sensing, playful spirit, and a heightened capacity for devotion. Wolves and women… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
Christianity is no mere scheme of doctrine or of ethical practice, but is instead a kind of miracle, a power out of… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The use of rock, folk, or pop music serves a purpose. It gets people into the church. But an inexperienced guitar player… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
![“Fundamentalism in most of its forms is the active creation of antibodies to some threatening [god] virus. As long as threatening religions or mutations [heresies] are present, fundamentalism will churn out antibodies to keep the population under control and prevent mutations from getting out of…” quote by Darrel Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/darrel-ray-22623_active_fundamentalism-in-most-of-its-forms-is-t_1584970.jpg)
![“[F]aith separates God from man, consequently it separates man from man, for God is nothing else than the idea of the species invested with a mystical form, - the separation of God from man is therefore the separation of man from man, the unloosening of the social bond. … Faith isolates God, it…” quote by Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/ludwig-feuerbach-3406_faith_f-aith-separates-god-from-man-consequent_2557150.png)
![“SONIA: What can we do? We must live our lives. [A pause] Yes, we shall live, Uncle Vanya. We shall live through the long procession of days before us, and through the long evenings; we shall patiently bear the trials that fate imposes on us; we shall work for others without rest, both now and when…” quote by Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/anton-chekhov-298_beautiful-life_sonia-what-can-we-do-we-must-live-our-li_426820.jpg)
![“THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA 1. Question. Of what religion[1] are you? Answer. The Buddhist. 2. Q. What is Buddhism? A. It is a body of teachings given out by the great personage known as the Buddha. 3. Q. Is "Buddhism" the best name for this teaching? A. No; that is only a western term: the best name…” quote by Henry Steel Olcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/henry-steel-olcott-53981_buddhism_the-life-of-the-buddha-1-question-of-wha_2002389.jpg)
