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> [I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/feisal-abdul-rauf/i-was-completely-surrounded-by-religion-from-a-young-time-i-was/)

[Feisal Abdul Rauf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/feisal-abdul-rauf/)

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> [We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the simple gospel. Man's fall, his need of a new birth, forgiveness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/we-are-not-called-to-proclaim-philosophy-and-metaphysics-but-the-2/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [A great Awakening has begun. People around the world are opening their eyes to their own spiritual natures. They are beginning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-eadie/a-great-awakening-has-begun-people-around-the-world-are-opening-their/)

[Betty Eadie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-eadie/)

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> [I began to think that the finest modern writer was the screen actor. This was in the spirit of the Fifties where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-began-to-think-that-the-finest-modern-writer-was-the-screen-actor/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

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> [“The people who are most vulnerable to overextending themselves on behalf of ministry relationships are people who struggle with intimacy—both with God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-johnson/the-people-who-are-most-vulnerable-to-overextending-themselves-on/)

[Bill Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-johnson/)

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> [“Honestly, I don't really care whether Jesus had ever walked upon planet earth or not. I'm only interested in three great ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/honestly-i-don-t-really-care-whether-jesus-had-ever-walked-upon/)

[Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/)

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> [“All church members ought to be third class passengers—ready to dismount and push all together, and push with a will. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-l-moody/all-church-members-ought-to-be-third-class-passengers-ready-to/)

[D.L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-l-moody/)

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> [I don't know how you feel, but I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with churches?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-don-t-know-how-you-feel-but-i-m-pretty-sick-of-church-people-you/)

[George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/)

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> [Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/og-mandino/laugh-at-yourself-and-at-life-not-in-the-spirit-of-derision-or-2/)

[Og Mandino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/og-mandino/)

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> [I've known a lot of religious people. My mother is very religious, but she also is very private about it. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shannon/i-ve-known-a-lot-of-religious-people-my-mother-is-very-religious-but/)

[Michael Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shannon/)

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> [The church persecuted is the church pure, and the church pure is the church powerful. I believe that Americans by and large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-rogers/the-church-persecuted-is-the-church-pure-and-the-church-pure-is-the/)

[Adrian Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-rogers/)

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> [“As Maximus further concludes, the three laws exhibit the principal ends to which human nature is called: the natural law grants us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-behr/as-maximus-further-concludes-the-three-laws-exhibit-the-principal/)

[John Behr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-behr/)

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> [“The danger of having such willing volunteers is that we use them, exploit them and forget to train them. Then they burn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-marshall/the-danger-of-having-such-willing-volunteers-is-that-we-use-them/)

[Colin Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-marshall/)

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> [To be at one with God is to be at peace. The child simplicity is the greatest agency in bringing this full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-trine/to-be-at-one-with-god-is-to-be-at-peace-the-child-simplicity-is-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Trine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-trine/)

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> [Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-xvi/nor-can-we-predict-happier-times-for-religion-and-government-from-the/)

[Pope Gregory XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-xvi/)

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> [For my part, I would rather look toward Rutland than Jerusalem. Rutland,--modern town,--land of ruts,--trivial and worn,--not toosacred,--with no holy sepulchre, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/for-my-part-i-would-rather-look-toward-rutland-than-jerusalem-rutland/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“Peoples from all three religions have entered these gates. God wants us in these times to realize that we all are brethren.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-vickers/peoples-from-all-three-religions-have-entered-these-gates-god-wants/)

[Lee Vickers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-vickers/)

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> [“Everyday I rewrite her name across my ribcage so that those who wish to break my heart will know who to answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mcgee/everyday-i-rewrite-her-name-across-my-ribcage-so-that-those-who-wish/)

[Mike McGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mcgee/)

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> [You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/you-do-well-to-wish-to-learn-our-arts-and-ways-of-life-and-above-all/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/there-is-always-the-danger-that-we-may-just-do-the-work-for-the-sake/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and he was known to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephus/at-this-time-there-was-a-wise-man-who-was-called-jesus-and-his-2/)

[Josephus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephus/)

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> [Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/somewhere-along-the-line-organized-religion-stopped-being-about-faith/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [I don't view it as mystic. I believe that God is our father. He created us. He is powerful because he knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-don-t-view-it-as-mystic-i-believe-that-god-is-our-father-he-created/)

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

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> [It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-would-seem-that-our-lord-finds-our-desires-not-too-strong-but-too-2/)

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

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> [I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/i-think-students-should-know-something-about-religion-as-a-historical/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-elkin/like-most-people-of-my-generation-i-fell-in-love-with-the-philosophy/)

[Stanley Elkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-elkin/)

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> [“Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. Nor does it offer insurance against feelings of doubt and betrayal. If anything, being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/faith-in-god-offers-no-insurance-against-tragedy-nor-does-it-offer/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [I have been 'diving within' through the Transcendental Meditation technique for over 30 years. It has changed my life, my world. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-have-been-diving-within-through-the-transcendental-meditation/)

[David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/)

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> [“The Gotha sermon takes us closer than any other testimony to the religious despair and overwhelming sinfulness that Luther felt as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyndal-roper/the-gotha-sermon-takes-us-closer-than-any-other-testimony-to-the/)

[Lyndal Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyndal-roper/)

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> [The spiritual life is indeed a life of struggle; but it is also a life of well grounded hope. Hope is grounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-s-brightman/the-spiritual-life-is-indeed-a-life-of-struggle-but-it-is-also-a-life/)

[Edgar S. Brightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-s-brightman/)

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> [Religion and science have nothing to do with each other, they're about different things, science is about the way the world works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/religion-and-science-have-nothing-to-do-with-each-other-they-re-about/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> ['Life Changes' is a song that we feel really connects to the spirit of our band and our fans. It's got that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benji-madden/life-changes-is-a-song-that-we-feel-really-connects-to-the-spirit-of/)

[Benji Madden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benji-madden/)

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> [“HAN Ha, ha! Thy errant systems of belief— Thy weapons ancient, all thy mysteries, Thy robes and meditations o’er the air, Thy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-doescher/han-ha-ha-thy-errant-systems-of-belief-thy-weapons-ancient-all-thy/)

[Ian Doescher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-doescher/)

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> [“What has preceded in verses 1–37 is designed not to mitigate the harsh circumstances of verses 38–45 but to be a foil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-l-moberly/what-has-preceded-in-verses-1-37-is-designed-not-to-mitigate-the/)

[R.W.L. Moberly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-w-l-moberly/)

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> [“The renaissance of interest in Eastern spiritual philosophies, various mystical traditions, meditation, ancient and aboriginal wisdom, as well as the widespread psychedelic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislav-grof/the-renaissance-of-interest-in-eastern-spiritual-philosophies-various/)

[Stanislav Grof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislav-grof/)

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> [Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/comrades-he-cried-you-do-not-imagine-i-hope-that-we-pigs-are-doing/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. It doesn’t matter what country they’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/why-extremists-always-focus-on-women-remains-a-mystery-to-me-but-they/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [“...The Qur'an cannot be translated. ...The book is here rendered almost literally and every effort has been made to choose befitting language.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pickthall-m-marmaduke/the-qur-an-cannot-be-translated-the-book-is-here-rendered-almost/)

[Pickthall M. Marmaduke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pickthall-m-marmaduke/)

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> [I look on trade and every mechanical craft as education also. But let me discriminate what is precious herein. There is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-look-on-trade-and-every-mechanical-craft-as-education-also-but-let/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/among-the-sayings-and-discourses-imputed-to-him-i-e-jesus-by-his/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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                        "text": "“Honestly, I don't really care whether Jesus had ever walked upon planet earth or not. I'm only interested in three great ideas about his life as described clearly in the bible: 1. Jesus overcomes death and lives forever. 2. Jesus has absolute power over everything. 3. Jesus loves and helps friends or anybody in need.”",
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                        "text": "“All church members ought to be third class passengers—ready to dismount and push all together, and push with a will. That was John Wesley’s definition of a church—“All at it, and always at it.” Every Christian ought to be a worker. He need not be a preacher, he need not be an evangelist, to be useful. He”",
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                        "text": "I don't know how you feel, but I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with churches? Tax them. If holy people are so interested in politics, government, and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everybody else. The Catholic Church alone could wipe out the national debt if all you did was tax their real estate.",
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                        "text": "Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.",
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                        "text": "I've known a lot of religious people. My mother is very religious, but she also is very private about it. When I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue.",
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                        "text": "The church persecuted is the church pure, and the church pure is the church powerful.  I believe that Americans by and large have been cursed with blessings, and perhaps before long we'll be blessed with cursings.  However, the assaults against the church will be turned around, and everything that the enemy meant for harm will ultimately be used for good.",
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                        "text": "“As Maximus further concludes, the three laws exhibit the principal ends to which human nature is called: the natural law grants us the fundamental enjoyment of being (τὸ εἶναι), the scriptural law the enjoyment of a higher well-being (τὸ εὖ εἶναι), the spiritual law the beatific grace of eternal well-being (τὸ ἀεὶ εὖ εἶναι).”",
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                        "text": "“The danger of having such willing volunteers is that we use them, exploit them and forget to train them. Then they burn out, their ministry is curtailed, and we find that we have failed to develop their Christian life and ministry potential. Instead of using our volunteers, we should consider how we can encourage them and help them grow in the knowledge and love of Christ, because service flows from Christian growth and not growth from service.”",
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                        "text": "To be at one with God is to be at peace. The child simplicity is the greatest agency in bringing this full and complete realization, the child simplicity that recognizes its true relations with the Father's life. There are people I know who have come into such a conscious realization of their oneness with this Infinite Life, this Spirit of Infinite Peace, that their lives are fairly bubbling over with joy.",
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                        "text": "Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church from the state, and to break the mutual concord between temporal authority and the priesthood. It is certain that that concord which always was favorable and beneficial for the sacred and the civil order is feared by the shameless lovers of liberty.",
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                        "text": "For my part, I would rather look toward Rutland than Jerusalem. Rutland,--modern town,--land of ruts,--trivial and worn,--not toosacred,--with no holy sepulchre, but profane green fields and dusty roads, and opportunity to live as holy a life as you can, where the sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.",
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                        "text": "“Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. Nor does it offer insurance against feelings of doubt and betrayal. If anything, being a Christian complicates the issue. If you believe in a world of pure chance, what difference does it make whether a bus from Yuba City or one from Salina crashes? But if you believe in a world ruled by a powerful God who loves you tenderly, then it makes an awful difference.”",
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                        "text": "The spiritual life is indeed a life of struggle; but it is also a life of well grounded hope. Hope is grounded in freedom, and freedom is grounded in all the high purposes and powers of spirit, human and divine. The last word of spirit is Victory.",
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                        "text": "“HAN Ha, ha! Thy errant systems of belief— Thy weapons ancient, all thy mysteries, Thy robes and meditations o’er the air, Thy superstitions, e’en thy precious Force— Cannot compare to my religion true: A trusty blaster ever by my side. With thus I say my prayers and guard my soul.”",
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                        "text": "Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.",
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