“What Mencken most strongly objected to in religion was not the expression of nonsensical views—these could easily be combated by rebuttal from… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“The loss of connection between churches and neighborhoods creates a corresponding loss of localized imagination and creates an addictive-like dependence on a… — Tim Keel Copy Share Image
Food serves two parallel purposes: it nourishes and it helps you remember. Eating and storytelling are inseparable-the saltwater is also tears; the… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“The pastoral Left, religious Right, and everywhere in between were afflicted by a resurgent sentimentality and desire for immediate gratification incompatible with… — Bruce Cannon Gibney Copy Share Image
“Praying for peace is wonderful; meditations on loving kindness and compassion are sublime; acts of generosity and healing have the power to… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
In the early '90s, I was disillusioned after the blasts and riots in Mumbai. I was in college and started thinking that… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Religions are different roads converging on the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The spiritual energy of our time, as I've come to understand it, is not a rejection of the rational disciplines by which… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“No, my friend; if I do not turn Christian like so many others, it is not because of the religious practices. It… — Robert Nathan Copy Share Image
All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be. With… — Alain LeRoy Locke Copy Share Image
The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness;… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
The religious neutrality in our schools is, I would argue, one of our strengths. Teachers cannot inhibit or deride religion. But this… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is enough to have been created, to have embodied for a moment the infinite and tumultuously creative spirit. It is infinitely… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“Faith, coming from the lack of faith: as much as the faith in oneself is demolished, as much the intoxicating faith in… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Why am I an atheist? I ask you: Why is anybody not an atheist? Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“Jesus is gentle, but He is not weak. He loves the sinner but is absolutely intolerant of sin. He is not a… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
Everything in modern city life is calculated to keep man from entering into himself and thinking about spiritual things. Even with the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“To the representatives of theoretical Islam, i.e. Islamic fundamentalists, the Jews, the Christians, the Hindus, the Buddhists and all other humans who… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If you're completely off your rocker and have delusions of grandeur in which your personal existence is of special significance to the… — Edward M. Wolfe Copy Share Image
The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so,… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
Religion is supposed to be a positive thing when you look at the true religions around the world, not the fundamentalists. You… — Anthony Joshua Copy Share Image
I have been struggling with mental illness and emptiness throughout my life. Now I want people to understand my glorious quest for… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“I suspect the next 10 years will be years of turmoil and hardship the globe over, and with that will come a… — Lauren F. Winner Copy Share Image
He who purifies himself in the river of a subdued spirit, the waters of which are truth, its waves compassion, and its… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“How do I pray? Not in any organized form, really; I go to temples sometimes with my family, but they leave me… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I want to have a faith that is contagious, that will touch every facet of my life, relationship, finances and dreams. I… — Trinity Chasara Copy Share Image
HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation. So skilled the parson was… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I closed my eyes, listened to the music, and began sipping the coffee. It was ungodly strong but also delicious, and I… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
I’ve never intended to make religious records or records that preach some kind of point of view... If you’re involved with imagination… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Faith which refuses to face indisputable facts is but little faith. Truth is always gain, however hard it is to accommodate ourselves… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
If you are seeking for security, certainty, your eyes will become closed. And you will be less and less surprised and you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
