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> [“A social organism of any sort whatever, large or small, is what it is because each member proceeds to his own duty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/a-social-organism-of-any-sort-whatever-large-or-small-is-what-it-is/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-renan/to-act-well-in-this-world-one-must-sacrifice-all-personal-desires-the/)

[Ernest Renan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-renan/)

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> [I was at this time living, like so many Atheists or Antitheists, in a whirl of contradictions. I maintained that God did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-was-at-this-time-living-like-so-many-atheists-or-antitheists-in-a/)

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

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> [Right at this moment, I only want silence. I believe that the end of life is silence in the love people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-price/right-at-this-moment-i-only-want-silence-i-believe-that-the-end-of/)

[Vincent Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-price/)

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> [Believe me. Your hardship, tears and sorrows you are facing now are the training of your spirit. The strength you learn from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroko-sakai/believe-me-your-hardship-tears-and-sorrows-you-are-facing-now-are-the/)

[Hiroko Sakai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroko-sakai/)

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> [Muslims insult all other religions. The Quran is an insult to the Jews, the Christians and everyone else. It calls the Jews…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-sina/muslims-insult-all-other-religions-the-quran-is-an-insult-to-the-jews/)

[Ali Sina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-sina/)

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> [In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-schama/in-mesopotamia-or-egypt-for-example-the-monarch-had-a-god-like/)

[Simon Schama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-schama/)

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> [“Strive to engage in activities that require constant self-development. Nurture and develop the physical body, but also our spiritual nature. We exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-m-tavakoli/strive-to-engage-in-activities-that-require-constant-self-development/)

[Janet M. Tavakoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-m-tavakoli/)

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> [In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tadao-ando/in-the-west-there-has-always-been-the-attempt-to-try-make-the/)

[Tadao Ando](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tadao-ando/)

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> [The zealous disdain for religion in American jurisprudence amounts to intolerance. Keith Fournier of the American Center for Law and Justice concludes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-e-reed-jr/the-zealous-disdain-for-religion-in-american-jurisprudence-amounts-to/)

[Ralph E. Reed, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-e-reed-jr/)

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> [“It was like a religious conversion for me. In fact, it’s kind of like sex—one of those things that everyone thinks they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ryan-hendricks/it-was-like-a-religious-conversion-for-me-in-fact-it-s-kind-of-like/)

[Judith Ryan Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ryan-hendricks/)

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> [“We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return; prepared to send back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-should-go-forth-on-the-shortest-walk-perchance-in-the-spirit-of/)

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

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> [There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/there-we-will-i-pray-remain-and-learn-and-grow-until-the-time-when-we/)

[Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/)

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> [I am a Muslim, because it's a religion that teaches you an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-a-muslim-because-it-s-a-religion-that-teaches-you-an-eye-for-an/)

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

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> [“The Fathers of the Republic, I believe, were far cleverer fellows than they are commonly represented to be, even in the schoolbooks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/the-fathers-of-the-republic-i-believe-were-far-cleverer-fellows-than/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

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> [When you have done the spiritual growing up you realize that every human being is of equal importance, has work to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/when-you-have-done-the-spiritual-growing-up-you-realize-that-every/)

[Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/)

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> [Religion embarrasses the commentators. It is offbounds. An editor of the old Life magazine once assigned me a book on religion with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-wills/religion-embarrasses-the-commentators-it-is-offbounds-an-editor-of/)

[Garry Wills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-wills/)

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> [I let go of the notion that the Bible is a divine product. I learned that it is a human cultural product,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-borg/i-let-go-of-the-notion-that-the-bible-is-a-divine-product-i-learned/)

[Marcus Borg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-borg/)

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> [“The issue here revolves around the "right to be different (Mattos 1994:16). People have difficulty living harmoniously with those who are different.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-o-west/the-issue-here-revolves-around-the-right-to-be-different-mattos-1994/)

[Gerald O. West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-o-west/)

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> [Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-solti/although-both-sides-of-my-family-were-religious-i-was-never-forced-to/)

[Georg Solti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-solti/)

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> [“We operate under the notion that America actually belongs to us Christians, and that we belong to it. We believe that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-mcbrayer/we-operate-under-the-notion-that-america-actually-belongs-to-us/)

[Ronnie McBrayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-mcbrayer/)

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> [“The utter wildness of the nineteen-fifties, a decade in which 100 new religions were formed, psychedelic drug experimentation was on an industrial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mahaffey/the-utter-wildness-of-the-nineteen-fifties-a-decade-in-which-100-new/)

[James Mahaffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mahaffey/)

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> [In my experience when critics raise these objections, they invariably violate one of seventeen principles for interpreting the Scriptures…For example, assuming the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-geisler/in-my-experience-when-critics-raise-these-objections-they-invariably/)

[Norman Geisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-geisler/)

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> [Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn't complicated. 'I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.' We complicate what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-swindoll/jesus-kept-it-simple-the-lesson-wasn-t-complicated-i-speak-you/)

[Charles R. Swindoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-swindoll/)

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> [“Holy spirits, you walk up there in the light, on soft earth. Shining god-like breezes touch upon you gently, as a woman's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-h-lderlin/holy-spirits-you-walk-up-there-in-the-light-on-soft-earth-shining-god/)

[Friedrich Holderlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-h-lderlin/)

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> [Sometimes the sight of someone in one faith wrestling with that faith can empower you to wrestle with another faith. For me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-sacks/sometimes-the-sight-of-someone-in-one-faith-wrestling-with-that-faith/)

[Jonathan Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-sacks/)

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> [“Most of us have never really understood that Christianity is not a self-help religion meant to enable moral people to become more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/most-of-us-have-never-really-understood-that-christianity-is-not-a/)

[Elyse M. Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/)

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> [Rabbi Kushner writes from a wealth of Jewish wisdom and pastoral devotion, but his theology is, I find, is wholly in keeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-priestland/rabbi-kushner-writes-from-a-wealth-of-jewish-wisdom-and-pastoral/)

[Gerald Priestland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-priestland/)

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> [The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-koestler/the-continuous-disasters-of-man-s-history-are-mainly-due-to-his/)

[Arthur Koestler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-koestler/)

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> [“Americans have seen this before. In June 2008, then Senator Barack Obama assured everyone, “I have said consistently that I believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/americans-have-seen-this-before-in-june-2008-then-senator-barack/)

[John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/)

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> [“What the nation needs is a prophetic voice. But even our churches have been corrupted by the culture—turned into trendy nightclubs where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-starnes/what-the-nation-needs-is-a-prophetic-voice-but-even-our-churches-have/)

[Todd Starnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-starnes/)

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> [We need to rebuild our nation with a new foundation. A foundation rooted in love, and care, and equality. Where justice is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaal-bowman/we-need-to-rebuild-our-nation-with-a-new-foundation-a-foundation/)

[Jamaal Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaal-bowman/)

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> [“A belief in the validity of the acquisition of knowledge and a scientific understanding of the world we live in, the creation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-morris/a-belief-in-the-validity-of-the-acquisition-of-knowledge-and-a/)

[Desmond Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-morris/)

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> [There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/there-is-a-vast-quantity-of-religion-current-in-the-world-which-is/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [Brother will kill brother, spill blood across the land. Killing for religion, something I don't understand. Fools like me who cross the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-mustaine/brother-will-kill-brother-spill-blood-across-the-land-killing-for/)

[Dave Mustaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-mustaine/)

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> [But speak the truth, and all nature and all spirits help you with unexpected furtherance. Speak the truth, and all things alive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/but-speak-the-truth-and-all-nature-and-all-spirits-help-you-with/)

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

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> [I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense I know I am a part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-exchanging-molecules-every-30-days-with-the-natural-world-and-in/)

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

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> [In every serious doctrine of the destiny of men, there is some trace of the doctrine of the equality of men. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/in-every-serious-doctrine-of-the-destiny-of-men-there-is-some-trace/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [“We define Christian spiritual direction then, as help given by one Christian to another which enables the person to pay attention to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-a-bakke/we-define-christian-spiritual-direction-then-as-help-given-by-one/)

[Jeannette A. Bakke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-a-bakke/)

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> [“Apostolic ministry is not just about founding new churches and movements; it is as much about the renewal of existing organizations, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hirsch/apostolic-ministry-is-not-just-about-founding-new-churches-and/)

[Alan Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hirsch/)

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                        "text": "Believe me. Your hardship, tears and sorrows you are facing now are the training of your spirit. The strength you learn from there brings you more love and smiles in your future. Wherever you are, love all the people around you like your family. then you are not alone anymore.",
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                        "text": "The zealous disdain for religion in American jurisprudence amounts to intolerance. Keith Fournier of the American Center for Law and Justice concludes that 'the ones not being tolerated are religious people who dare make any kind of religious reference or take any kind of religious posture outside the private arena.",
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                        "text": "In my experience when critics raise these objections, they invariably violate one of seventeen principles for interpreting the Scriptures…For example, assuming the unexplained is unexplainable…failing to understand the context of the passage…assuming a partial report is a false report...neglecting to interpret difficult passages in light of clear ones; basing a teaching on an obscure passage; forgetting that the Bible uses nontechnical, everyday language; failing to remember the Bible uses different literary devices...",
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                        "text": "Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn't complicated. 'I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.' We complicate what God has made simple by seeing the world through human eyes. We want to see in order to believe and presume that our limitations are His.",
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                        "text": "“Holy spirits, you walk up there in the light, on soft earth. Shining god-like breezes touch upon you gently, as a woman's fingers play music on holy strings. Like sleeping infants the gods breathe without any plan; the spirit flourishes continually in them, chastely kept, as in a small bud, and their holy eyes look out in still eternal clearness. A place to rest isn't given to us. Suffering humans decline and blindly fall from one hour to the next, like water thrown from cliff to cliff, year after year, down into the Unknown.”",
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                        "text": "Sometimes the sight of someone in one faith wrestling with that faith can empower you to wrestle with another faith. For me, it was reading about how the Catholic Church wrestled with itself in the 1960s. Pope John XXIII set Nostra Aetate - the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions - in motion. It changed the relationship between Jews and Catholics. Today, Jews and Catholics meet as friends. If you can do that, after the longest history of hatred the world has known, that empowers you as a Jew or a Muslim to wrestle with your faith.",
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                        "text": "Rabbi Kushner writes from a wealth of Jewish wisdom and pastoral devotion, but his theology is, I find, is wholly in keeping with contemporary Christian thought. So far as there is an answer to the conflict between the goodness of God and the bitterness of suffering, this is it",
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                        "text": "The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause, and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation.We are thus driven to the unfashionable conclusion that the trouble with our species is not an excess of aggression, but an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.",
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                        "text": "“Americans have seen this before. In June 2008, then Senator Barack Obama assured everyone, “I have said consistently that I believe that the Second Amendment is an individual right, and that was the essential decision that the Supreme Court came down on.”7 But just months earlier, in February 2008, Obama came out in support of D.C.’s handgun ban.8 And in April of that year, Obama said of Americans, “they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion.”",
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