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> [If missions languish, it is because the whole life of godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-missions-languish-it-is-because-the-whole-life-of-godliness-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-marshall/the-choice-before-us-is-plain-christ-or-chaos-conviction-or/)

[Peter Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-marshall/)

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> [The Jew...is not content merely to destroy Christianity, but he preaches the gospel of Judaism; he not only assails the Catholic or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lazare/the-jew-is-not-content-merely-to-destroy-christianity-but-he-preaches/)

[Bernard Lazare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-lazare/)

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> [“So that wee bit of a thing is what you call a haiku-play? Quite awful! Ueda Bin is constantly pointing out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/so-that-wee-bit-of-a-thing-is-what-you-call-a-haiku-play-quite-awful/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

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> [I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-e-knight/i-want-here-to-make-three-suggestions-first-that-the-doubts-the/)

[Margaret E. Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-e-knight/)

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> [“A thankful and a contented spirit is a continual feast. We ought to be contented, and we shall be contented, if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashton-oxenden/a-thankful-and-a-contented-spirit-is-a-continual-feast-we-ought-to-be/)

[Ashton Oxenden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashton-oxenden/)

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> [I have a spiritual practice which helps to keep me grounded and centered. Yoga is vital because it keeps me in full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-gealey/i-have-a-spiritual-practice-which-helps-to-keep-me-grounded-and-2/)

[Grace Gealey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-gealey/)

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> [ “\[Theology\] may be defined, the doctrine or science of the truth which is according to godliness, and which God has revealed to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arminius/theology-may-be-defined-the-doctrine-or-science-of-the-truth-which-is/)

[James Arminius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arminius/)

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> [Every time you talk about politics or religion, know that the moment you open your mouth you're isolating 50% of your audience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mohr/every-time-you-talk-about-politics-or-religion-know-that-the-moment/)

[Jay Mohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mohr/)

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> [I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/i-continue-to-dream-and-pray-about-a-revival-of-holiness-in-our-day/)

[John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/)

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> [“The great compromise between the American religious impulse and the American Enlightenment in the 1700s permitted any and every conceivable sect to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-andersen/the-great-compromise-between-the-american-religious-impulse-and-the/)

[Kurt Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-andersen/)

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> [“Godly wonder is a state of prayerful astonishment awakened by the Spirit of God through the experience of beauty. Preachers can help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-troeger/godly-wonder-is-a-state-of-prayerful-astonishment-awakened-by-the/)

[Thomas Troeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-troeger/)

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> [So long as the great majority of the poor in any country are inert and are laboring without any hope in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/so-long-as-the-great-majority-of-the-poor-in-any-country-are-inert/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

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> [Poetry is the universal art of the spirit which has become free in itself and which is not tied down for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/poetry-is-the-universal-art-of-the-spirit-which-has-become-free-in/)

[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/)

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> [Why are poets so apt to choose their mates, not for any similarity of poetic endowment, but for qualities which might make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/why-are-poets-so-apt-to-choose-their-mates-not-for-any-similarity-of/)

[Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/)

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> [“We've rigged the entire system of living in harmony with nature against ourselves. We raise our children & inculcate various "isms" into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamur-mustapha/we-ve-rigged-the-entire-system-of-living-in-harmony-with-nature/)

[Mamur Mustapha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamur-mustapha/)

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> [The religious environmental movement is potentially key to dealing with the greatest problem humans have ever faced, and it has never been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/the-religious-environmental-movement-is-potentially-key-to-dealing/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-barnes/the-bible-as-a-revelation-from-god-was-not-designed-to-give-us-all/)

[Albert Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-barnes/)

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> [“The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-church-can-only-defend-its-own-space-by-fighting-not-for-space/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“Religion consists much in holy affection; but those exercises of affection which are most distinguishing of true religion are these practical exercises.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/religion-consists-much-in-holy-affection-but-those-exercises-of/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [“I had been heaping up my devotions before God, fasting, praying, &c. pretending, and indeed really thinking sometimes, that I was aiming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brainerd/i-had-been-heaping-up-my-devotions-before-god-fasting-praying-c/)

[David Brainerd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brainerd/)

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> [“Unfortunately, some Christians don't look much different from non-Christian coworkers. They talk the same, have the same work habits, compromise on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-carr-peel/unfortunately-some-christians-don-t-look-much-different-from-non/)

[William Carr Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-carr-peel/)

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> [I have to say, as someone who is not a Christian, it’s hard for me to believe Christians are a persecuted people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-have-to-say-as-someone-who-is-not-a-christian-it-s-hard-for-me-to/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [“Mahatma Gandhi was as devout a Rambhakt as you can get — he died from a Hindu assassin’s bullet with the words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/mahatma-gandhi-was-as-devout-a-rambhakt-as-you-can-get-he-died-from-a/)

[Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/)

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> [Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality of geography,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/can-do-americans-courageously-go-about-their-duty-in-iraq-mostly/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

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> [In my 20s, I got into giving people massages and realised I was able to encourage their bodies to heal by passing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-de-burgh/in-my-20s-i-got-into-giving-people-massages-and-realised-i-was-able/)

[Chris de Burgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-de-burgh/)

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> [I've had the opportunity to see both sides of the human spirit. I've seen those who will put you down, demean you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-banks/i-ve-had-the-opportunity-to-see-both-sides-of-the-human-spirit-i-ve/)

[Brian Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-banks/)

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> [“Men made games of religion, did they not? They made God into a reason for warfare. Who was to say that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-duran/men-made-games-of-religion-did-they-not-they-made-god-into-a-reason/)

[Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-duran/)

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> [In the spirit of faith let us begin each day, and we shall be sure to " redeem the time " which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-freeman-clarke/in-the-spirit-of-faith-let-us-begin-each-day-and-we-shall-be-sure-to/)

[James Freeman Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-freeman-clarke/)

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> [Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/religion-is-the-vision-of-something-which-stands-beyond-behind-and/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [ “I would call celebrity worship a new form of religious culture, fans may not even know the fallen celebrit\[ies\], yet they draw… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-reed/i-would-call-celebrity-worship-a-new-form-of-religious-culture-fans/)

[J.D. Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-reed/)

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> [It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion be? It should produce peaceful, strong, secure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-everett/it-s-wrong-to-try-and-convert-tribal-societies-what-should-the/)

[Daniel Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-everett/)

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> [“The fact is, it is selfish for a church to not want to grow. A church that says, “We’ve got enough people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/the-fact-is-it-is-selfish-for-a-church-to-not-want-to-grow-a-church/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

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> [In the film 'PK', questions have been raised about the theatrics surrounding religion, but it is not limited to a particular faith.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravish-kumar/in-the-film-pk-questions-have-been-raised-about-the-theatrics/)

[Ravish Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravish-kumar/)

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> [“The book of Luke is the account of the Spirit-empowered ministry of Jesus on the earth, and Acts is the account of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-driscoll/the-book-of-luke-is-the-account-of-the-spirit-empowered-ministry-of/)

[Mark Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-driscoll/)

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> [“Has God created millions of people over tens of thousands of years who are going to spend eternity in anguish? Can God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/has-god-created-millions-of-people-over-tens-of-thousands-of-years/)

[Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/)

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> [There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/there-is-nothing-so-despicable-as-a-secret-society-that-is-based-upon/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

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> [“We chose too small a word in the decade of my birth—tolerance—to make the world we want to live in now. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/we-chose-too-small-a-word-in-the-decade-of-my-birth-tolerance-to-make/)

[Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/)

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> [“Belief in God puts our life on autopilot. We know that someone up there is watching us and is in control. Losing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bangambiki-habyarimana/belief-in-god-puts-our-life-on-autopilot-we-know-that-someone-up/)

[Bangambiki Habyarimana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/)

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> [“RAIN DOWN ON ME I trust the rain is for my good, and for every being it produces a food, to nourish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kmichelle/rain-down-on-me-i-trust-the-rain-is-for-my-good-and-for-every-being/)

[Kmichelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kmichelle/)

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                        "text": "The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as Americans. The time is come - it is now - when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government.",
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                        "text": "The Jew...is not content merely to destroy Christianity, but he preaches the gospel of Judaism; he not only assails the Catholic or the Protestant faith, but he incites to the unbelief, and then imposes on those whose faith he has undermined his own conception of the world, of morality and of life. He is engaged in his historic mission, the annihilation of the religion of Christ.",
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                        "text": "“So that wee bit of a thing is what you call a haiku-play? Quite awful! Ueda Bin is constantly pointing out in his essays and articles that the spirit of haiku, as also indeed the comic spirit, lacks constructive positivism.”",
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                        "text": "I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not be stifled or concealed; second, that there is no ground for the view that Christianity is the only alternative to communism, or that there can be no sound character training that is not based on religion; and, third, I want to make some practical suggestions to the parents who are not believers, on what they should tell the children about God, and what sort of moral training they should give them.",
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                        "text": "“A thankful and a contented spirit is a continual feast. We ought to be contented, and we shall be contented, if we are in the habit of seeing God in everything, and living upon Him day by day. Oh, for a spirit of true thankfulness!”",
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                        "text": "I have a spiritual practice which helps to keep me grounded and centered. Yoga is vital because it keeps me in full awareness and connection with my breath. I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.",
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                        "text": "“[Theology] may be defined, the doctrine or science of the truth which is according to godliness, and which God has revealed to man that he may know God and divine things, may believe on Him and may through faith perform to Him the acts of love, fear, honour, worship and obedience, and obtain blessedness from Him through union with Him, to the divine glory... On this account, theology is not a theoretical science or doctrine, but a practical one, requiring the action of the whole man, according to all and each of it's parts -- an action of the most transcendent description, answerable to the excellence of the object as far as the human capacity will permit.”",
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                        "text": "Every time you talk about politics or religion, know that the moment you open your mouth you're isolating 50% of your audience, in any medium. You're taking 50% of people that'll buy tickets to come see you and you're removing them from the equation.",
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                        "text": "I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions.",
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                        "text": "“The great compromise between the American religious impulse and the American Enlightenment in the 1700s permitted any and every conceivable sect to bud and blossom. Fine. But that principle isn’t working so well anymore. The fanciful and religious and cryptoreligious parts have gotten overripe, bursting and spilling their juices over the Enlightenment-reason parts, spoiling our whole barrel. Holders of any belief about anything, especially and incontrovertibly if those beliefs are ascribed to faith, are now expected to be immune from challenge.”",
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                        "text": "“Godly wonder is a state of prayerful astonishment awakened by the Spirit of God through the experience of beauty. Preachers can help to mend our bitterly fragmented world by reclaiming the place of beauty in preaching and worship in order to renew our sense of godly wonder.”",
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                        "text": "So long as the great majority of the poor in any country are inert and are laboring without any hope in this world, the whole associated life of that community rests on an equivocal foundation. Its moral and social order is tied to an economic system which starves and mutilates the great majority of the population, and under such conditions its religion necessarily becomes a spiritual drug, administered for the purpose of subduing the popular discontent and relieving the popular misery.",
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                        "text": "Poetry is the universal art of the spirit which has become free in itself and which is not tied down for its realization to external sensuous material; instead, it launches out exclusively in the inner space and the inner time of ideas and feelings.",
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                        "text": "Why are poets so apt to choose their mates, not for any similarity of poetic endowment, but for qualities which might make the happiness of the rudest handicraftsman as well as that of the ideal craftsman of the spirit? Because, probably, at his highest elevation, the poet needs no human intercourse; but he finds it dreary to descend, and be a stranger.",
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                        "text": "“We've rigged the entire system of living in harmony with nature against ourselves. We raise our children & inculcate various \"isms\" into them. They in turn perpetuate it by passing the same (if not more) onto their's. We raise slaves, not independent thinkers.”",
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                        "text": "Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality of geography, the sheer forces of language and religion, the propaganda of state-run Arab media and the cynicism of the liberal West are all stacked against them.",
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