Fiction, with its preference for what is small and might elsewhere seem irrelevant; its facility for smuggling us into another skin and… — David Malouf Copy Share Image
“I would say a few words in your ear. A doubtful man has little faith. Live a long time and it gets… — Vicente Aleixandre Copy Share Image
“We must have faith in ourselves and our decisions, as well as trusting that we have the strength and ability to handle… — Amanda Harvey Copy Share Image
“The great spiritual tension between the contemplative life of the monk and spiritual activism in the world dissolves entirely with one word—namaste:… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The main topic I'm always talking about is equality, and I get that it's politics, but it shouldn't be. It should be… — Conchita Wurst Copy Share Image
“And you that sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness… — Lord Dunsany Copy Share Image
Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about baptism will always be its involvement with the death of Christ ... The prevenient aspect of the grace… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“I don’t read the Bible like a flat line. I don’t see all of the passages in the Bible sitting equally side… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Encourage free schools and resolve that not one dollar appropriated for their support shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“Of course, I could holler Religious Persecution. Not that it would do any good. But it's something I happen to know quite… — Guy Vanderhaeghe Copy Share Image
The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to… — Richard M. Daley Copy Share Image
“You sound just like my parents. That is just exactly what my ignorant Christian parents would say. Just, if it doesn’t fit… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.I would not attack the… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
While scholars are comparing and contrasting theories, debating intellectual questions, and dividing humankind into categories, the world is changed by persons with… — Grey Owl Copy Share Image
“Religion, for Father Pavel, involved no escape from the natural into the supernatural, no repudiation of this world for the sake of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
We only have this one planet; we got to figure out how to live on it without destroying it. So much of… — Tricia Helfer Copy Share Image
I believe that the real difference in the American church is not between conservatives and liberals, fundamentalists and charismatics, nor between Republicans… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
It takes faith to find personal significance in your relationship with God rather than how much money you earn, how beautiful you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the suspicion of science is not based in actual Christian belief. My congregation full of educators and scientists disproves that. But the… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share Image
We have taken the glorious gospel of our blessed God and reduced it down to four spiritual laws and five things God… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
Conformism is essential to the group coherence and 'spirit.' The whole impetus behind tribalism of this kind is conservative: Belonging to the… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“Jesus, the son of God, Christians believe. Or, if you believe as most of the world does, merely a good teacher. But,… — Patrick Davis Copy Share Image
What the world needs is more compassion; love in the broad sense, and use of practical reason to solve human problems. What… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
To claim that science and religion pose different questions to the world is not to suggest that if the bones of Jesus… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
“flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front the sun… — Rudolph Amsel Copy Share Image
I am very much a scientist, and so I naturally have thought about religion also through the eyes of a scientist. When… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
“How encouraging to remember that the Spirit of God is more powerful than the spirit of wickedness! As 1 John 4:4 reminds… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“Words written fifty years ago, a hundred years ago, a thousand years ago, can have as much of this power today as… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, that is itself a political… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Jesus of Nazareth always comes asking disciples to follow him--not merely "accept him," not merely "believe in him," not merely "worship him,"… — Lee Camp Copy Share Image
“Unlike other religions in the world the Hindu religion does not claim any one prophet; it does not worship any one god;… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
