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> [Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-m-krauss/science-is-only-truly-consistent-with-an-atheistic-worldview-with-2/)

[Lawrence M. Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-m-krauss/)

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> [The pure mystic wishes to approach his God only in the all-embracing love. The yogi, too, walks toward one single aspect of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-bardon/the-pure-mystic-wishes-to-approach-his-god-only-in-the-all-embracing/)

[Franz Bardon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-bardon/)

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> [For the most part, we should pray rather in aspiration than petition, rather by hoping than requesting; in which spirit also we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-hunt/for-the-most-part-we-should-pray-rather-in-aspiration-than-petition/)

[Leigh Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-hunt/)

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> [ “ \[How "magical charms" work for healing:\] \[It is Divine Love that heals and cures. But many people have difficulty accessing the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukteswar-giri/how-magical-charms-work-for-healing-it-is-divine-love-that-heals-and/)

[Yukteswar Giri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukteswar-giri/)

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> [“Quality is the continuing stimulus which causes us to create the world in which we live. All of it. Every last bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/quality-is-the-continuing-stimulus-which-causes-us-to-create-the/)

[Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/)

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> [I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-cannot-conceive-of-a-personal-god-who-would-directly-influence-the-3/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [“The same subversion of power by truth is evident in the way in which Luke begins his account of Jesus of Nazareth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-same-subversion-of-power-by-truth-is-evident-in-the-way-in-which/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

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> [“Your greatest growth in faith will be in moments where all hope seems gone. That’s where faith is born and faith births…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-hill/your-greatest-growth-in-faith-will-be-in-moments-where-all-hope-seems/)

[Cherie Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-hill/)

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> [“Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God. When we reject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/inerrancy-means-the-word-of-god-always-stands-over-us-and-we-never/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [If spirituality is not religion or cynicism or sentimentality or narcissism, then what is it?... we can confidently say... that spirituality is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-lesser/if-spirituality-is-not-religion-or-cynicism-or-sentimentality-or/)

[Elizabeth Lesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-lesser/)

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> [“Faith...your hope in the unseen You can't touch it You can't see it You can't smell it You can't hear it You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/faith-your-hope-in-the-unseen-you-can-t-touch-it-you-can-t-see-it-you/)

[Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/)

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> [An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stott/an-unchurched-christian-is-a-grotesque-anomaly-the-new-testament/)

[John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stott/)

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> [“The first boycott was against a candy factory that owned a well-known chain of stores in several districts. The Committee had discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basma-abdel-aziz/the-first-boycott-was-against-a-candy-factory-that-owned-a-well-known/)

[Basma Abdel Aziz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basma-abdel-aziz/)

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> [“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-grunwald-spier/no-one-is-born-hating-another-person-because-of-the-colour-of-his-4/)

[Agnes Grunwald-Spier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-grunwald-spier/)

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> [“Columnist Joseph Sobran writes, “The prevailing notion is that the state should be neutral as to religion, and furthermore, that the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-w-colson/columnist-joseph-sobran-writes-the-prevailing-notion-is-that-the/)

[Charles W. Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-w-colson/)

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> [It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-s-funny-that-there-was-so-much-disturbance-about-having-a-catholic/)

[Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/)

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> [“This isn’t a religious book though I mention God, not a medical advisory though I speak of pain. It’s a circus, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chila-woychik/this-isn-t-a-religious-book-though-i-mention-god-not-a-medical/)

[Chila Woychik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chila-woychik/)

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> [Now, the fourth gospel says that the moment that Jesus is glorified is the moment he's put to death on the cross,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/now-the-fourth-gospel-says-that-the-moment-that-jesus-is-glorified-is/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [People read newspapers far more than they read the Word of God and then we wonder way America is in the mess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-roloff/people-read-newspapers-far-more-than-they-read-the-word-of-god-and/)

[Lester Roloff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-roloff/)

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> [“Now, eternity is beyond all categories of thought. This is an important point in all of the great Oriental religions. We want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/now-eternity-is-beyond-all-categories-of-thought-this-is-an-important/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [“When you consciously align your life with spiritual law, you are asking the universe to support you with success and abundance. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/when-you-consciously-align-your-life-with-spiritual-law-you-are/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

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> [“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/you-can-make-a-successful-run-for-political-office-in-this-country/)

[Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/)

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> [“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-r-popper/we-all-remember-how-many-religious-wars-were-fought-for-a-religion-of/)

[Karl R. Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-r-popper/)

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> [In our decrees, it is definitely proclaimed that religion is a question for the private individual; but whilst opportunists tended to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-v-deponcins/in-our-decrees-it-is-definitely-proclaimed-that-religion-is-a/)

[Leon V. DePoncins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-v-deponcins/)

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> [At the age when other children, I imagine, experience their first 'feeling' for a person, or for art, or for religion, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/at-the-age-when-other-children-i-imagine-experience-their-first/)

[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/)

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> [Some say that you should not want money at all because the desire for money is materialistic and not Spiritual. But we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-hicks/some-say-that-you-should-not-want-money-at-all-because-the-desire-for/)

[Esther Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-hicks/)

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> [“If it isn't a choice,then it means you must be born a certain way,either gay or straight. If you are born that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-cook/if-it-isn-t-a-choice-then-it-means-you-must-be-born-a-certain-way/)

[Eileen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-cook/)

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> [“What I want to tell you as you read these stories is that I both found and lost God a hundred times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-mae-hoiland/what-i-want-to-tell-you-as-you-read-these-stories-is-that-i-both/)

[Ashley Mae Hoiland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-mae-hoiland/)

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> [“After almost 70 years of being paralysed into silence by the Zionist venom — the accusation of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hanna/after-almost-70-years-of-being-paralysed-into-silence-by-the-zionist/)

[William Hanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hanna/)

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> [“All of us have had this experience. At some point, we have each said through our tears, “I’m suffering for a love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/all-of-us-have-had-this-experience-at-some-point-we-have-each-said/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [For many people, I've ceased to be a human being. I've become an issue, a bother, an "affair"… And has it really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/for-many-people-i-ve-ceased-to-be-a-human-being-i-ve-become-an-issue/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-spirit-of-the-times-may-alter-will-alter-our-rulers-will-become/)

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

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> [Some people automatically associate morality and altruism with a religious vision of the world. But I believe it is a mistake to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/some-people-automatically-associate-morality-and-altruism-with-a/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [When I talk about people wrapping themselves in the flag and hiding behind Jesus - that's an anti-intellectual thing to do in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janeane-garofalo/when-i-talk-about-people-wrapping-themselves-in-the-flag-and-hiding/)

[Janeane Garofalo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janeane-garofalo/)

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> [I know that Arnold Toynby, the great historian, said he had always hoped the religions of the world would evolve until they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/i-know-that-arnold-toynby-the-great-historian-said-he-had-always/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [Religious ideas and practices take root not because they are promoted by forceful theologians, nor because they can be shown to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/religious-ideas-and-practices-take-root-not-because-they-are-promoted/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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> [“It’s kind of a stoic life, to survive strictly on your obsessions. It’s also kind of religious, sometimes. You could say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-kelts/it-s-kind-of-a-stoic-life-to-survive-strictly-on-your-obsessions-it-s/)

[Roland Kelts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-kelts/)

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> [“I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/i-would-love-to-believe-that-when-i-die-i-will-live-again-that-some-4/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [“But I was always coming here. I though about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/but-i-was-always-coming-here-i-though-about-one-of-my-favorite-sufi/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [We all share a type of physical body that becomes ill or heals for the same reasons. We also share emotional and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-myss/we-all-share-a-type-of-physical-body-that-becomes-ill-or-heals-for/)

[Caroline Myss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-myss/)

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                        "text": "The pure mystic wishes to approach his God only in the all-embracing love. The yogi, too, walks toward one single aspect of God. The bhakti-yogi keeps to the road of love and devotion, the raja and hatha yogi choose the path of self-control or volition, the jnana yogi will follow that of wisdom and cognition.",
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                        "text": "“ [How \"magical charms\" work for healing:] [It is Divine Love that heals and cures. But many people have difficulty accessing the full power of Divine Love. So magical charms can act as a permission slip to let Love and faith in, to do the healing.] Ignorant people in their blind faith would accept a piece of wood or stone as their Savior or Divinity in the external creation, for which their heart's natural love will develop till by its energetic tendency it will relieve them of all exciting causes, cool their system down to a normal state, and invograte their vital powers. The adepts, on the other hand, having full control over the whole material world, find their Divinity and Savior in Self and not outside in the external world.”",
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                        "text": "“Quality is the continuing stimulus which causes us to create the world in which we live. All of it. Every last bit of it.” Religion isn’t invented by man. Men are invented by religion. Men invent responses to Quality, and among these responses is an understanding of what they themselves are.”",
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                        "text": "“The same subversion of power by truth is evident in the way in which Luke begins his account of Jesus of Nazareth. Luke is at pains to put his readers on notice that this is no ordinary history. He has an angel anticipate cousin John by saying, “with the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him” (1:17). He has Gabriel declare that “nothing will be impossible with God” (1:37). He offers us an alternative genealogy that refuses the royal recital of Matthew and provides a list of the uncredentialed, rather like Roots by Alex Haley that traces a genealogy that the plantation masters never suspected (Luke 3:23–38).6 In the midst of this playful subversion, Luke has John go public in the empire. He does so by locating the reader amid all the recognized totems of power:”",
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                        "text": "“Your greatest growth in faith will be in moments where all hope seems gone. That’s where faith is born and faith births hope. Rest assured, God knows full well what the valley experience will entail, and how long the journey will take to complete His work.”",
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                        "text": "“Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God. When we reject inerrancy we put ourselves in judgment over God’s word. We claim the right to determine which parts of God’s revelation can be trusted and which cannot.”",
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                        "text": "If spirituality is not religion or cynicism or sentimentality or narcissism, then what is it?... we can confidently say... that spirituality is fearlessness. It is a way of looking boldly at this life we have been given, here, now, on earth, as this human being.",
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                        "text": "“Faith...your hope in the unseen You can't touch it You can't see it You can't smell it You can't hear it You can't taste it You can't live without it O the weightless burden of faith Keeps us at our Father's feet Pleadingly whispering... Abba, Abba, Abba...”",
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                        "text": "An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. It is not an accident of history. On the contrary, the church is God's new community.",
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                        "text": "“The first boycott was against a candy factory that owned a well-known chain of stores in several districts. The Committee had discovered that this factory was producing candy made of sugar swirls, in which - in a certain light - one could make out the word \"God.\" The Committee released a statement calling upon people to boycott the factory, since allowing the name of God to be eaten and digested was the ultimate denigration of religion's place in society and thus warranted a country-wide campaign.”",
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                        "text": "“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Nelson Mandela (1918– 2013), Long Walk to Freedom”",
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                        "text": "“Columnist Joseph Sobran writes, “The prevailing notion is that the state should be neutral as to religion, and furthermore, that the best way to be neutral about it is to avoid all mention of it. By this sort of logic, nudism is the best compromise among different styles of dress. The secularist version of ‘pluralism’ amounts to theological nudism.”35”",
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                        "text": "“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell. Only if we give up our authoritarian attitude in the realm of opinion, only if we establish the attitude of give and take, of readiness to learn from other people, can we hope to control acts of violence inspired by piety and duty.”",
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                        "text": "Some say that you should not want money at all because the desire for money is materialistic and not Spiritual. But we want you to remember that you are here in this very physical world where Spirit has materialized. You cannot separate yourself from the aspect of yourself that is Spiritual, and while you are here in these bodies you cannot separate yourselves from that which is physical or material. All of the magnificent things of a physical nature that are surrounding you are Spiritual in nature.",
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