Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If devotion to the Blessed Virgin is necessary for all men simply to work out their salvation, it is even more necessary… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
On love, not harming others, and respecting all beings. Even animals have these elements in their behavioral patterns. We should start by… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Faith is the most important factor in religious questions. If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
In some cultures, when you give someone a gift, it's expected that they will pass it on. This seems like a peculiar… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
“But whatever it is that they believe, the views they hold are altering this world; not only in the spirit, but on… — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
I testify that when the Lord closes one important door in your life, He shows His continuing love and compassion by opening… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
With the exception of very few who have gained higher spiritual tendencies in prior lives, Self-realization is not possible for anyone without… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The nature of spiritual awakening is frequently misunderstood. The adoption of spiritual beliefs, seeing visions of God or celestial beings, the ability… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“I think at the heart of so much restlessness of the day is a spiritual vacuum. There is a yearning for meaningful… — Bill Moyes Copy Share Image
Yes, lent calls us to think great thoughts and to embrace great visions of faith, and we try to do that. But… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dont let those with no faith in you, your abilities or life in general, ruin yours. They never created it therefore they… — Tsepiso Makhubedu Copy Share Image
The Christian gospel is a two-way road. On the one hand, it seeks to change the souls of men, and thereby unite… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Then may I ask you to swear by whatever gods or saints your religion involves that you will not reveal what I… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The book of Judges shows us that the Bible is not a “Book of Virtues”; it is not full of inspirational stories.… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“I do what I do because I love God, as I love your children, as I love humanity, as I love peace,… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“God is not a technician. God is an Artist. This is the God who made you. The same God who lives inside… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy… — Ricardo Montalban Copy Share Image
To feel like someone is excluded is something I'm very sensitive about. I'd never want any human being to feel that they… — Motsi Mabuse Copy Share Image
“Christianity is a spiritual discipline. It posits two orders, 1.) a higher moral order (otherworldly or spiritual) associated with the soul and… — Henry Makow Copy Share Image
And so it is true in this sense that there is essentially but one religion, the religion of the living God. For… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
“They readily believe that nakedness is not intrinsically connected with godliness, but quite the contrary, is intrinsically connected with sin! So convinced… — Jim C. Cunningham Copy Share Image
The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
“People can't hear anything except when it's nonsense. Then they hear every word. If you try to talk sense, they think you… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
In a world that’s gone hellishly mad we’ve always taken comfort in the fact that the faith of our fathers is the… — Lon Milo DuQuette Copy Share Image
“Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
All religions of the world are male-oriented and are somehow afraid of women. The greatest fear is that the women can distract… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
We are closest to Christ when sharing the world’s misery. Think you Jesus came to remove our pains? Wherever did you get… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
“In particular, they seem to have interpreted Jesus’s crucifixion within a much bigger—and perhaps more dangerous—story than simply the question of whether… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
It may well be feared, that there is not enough Biblereading among us. It is not sufficient to have the Book. We… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love,… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
“At the same time, we may not as a culture be fond of old-fashioned supernaturalism, but we certainly like spirituality in whatever… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“The benefits of a philosophy of neo-religious pessimism are nowhere more apparent than in relation to marriage, one of modern society’s most… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wish my childhood had been less obsessed with the question of why we are here. But that must be the… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“Most people measure themselves against someone or something and then fight their inner doubts to believe they, too, have what it takes… — Stephan Bauman Copy Share Image
I've had different opportunities in my life, but I've tried to maintain the spirit of an amateur. Our culture roots everything in… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Where is there such an one who has not a thousand times been struck with a sort of infidel idea, that whatever… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Beyond the earliest days of the religion, early Christians were believers because they'd been converted, not because they were witnesses to supernatural… — Robert B. Seidensticker Copy Share Image
“any suggestion that God has returned to his Old Testament theocratic mode of operation—as in raising up America as a uniquely favored… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
