“Whatever the "Christian conservatives" in America say, there is no one set of rightful opinions that follow on automatically from your belief.… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
In the true, original, catholic, evangelical religion of Jesus Christ, and in this alone, all the divided religions of Christendom find their… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
“However, the path itself must eventually be abandoned, just as you abandon a boat when you reach the other shore. You must… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“They keep telling you this: Have faith! But which faith? That is the crucial question! Here is a good faith you can… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
“The word for religion that James uses here is threskeia, and like our English word religion, it can be used positively or… — Bruxy Cavey Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the worst conditions can often provide the best atmosphere to act in faith. God doesn't want our confidence regulated by our… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“The truth is, the human condition does not become spiritual; when conditions are ideal, our spiritual nature awakens and blossoms, allowing us… — Roy Eugene Davis Copy Share Image
You may depend upon it, religion is, in its essence, the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It will alone gentilize, if… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
“There is something worse than holding our silence while the lost of this world run headlong into hell: the crime of preaching… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
until it had been clearly explained that men were always and always partly wrong in all their ideas, life would be full… — Dorothy Richardson Copy Share Image
Pretending that the world’s religions are the same does not make our world safer. Like all forms of ignorance, it makes our… — Stephen Prothero Copy Share Image
We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
To you, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism look very different, but to me they look the same. Many of you would… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
We have often asserted, and we affirm it yet again, that no fact in history is better attested than the resurrection of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“It has been asserted that our century is characterized by an entirely new phenomenon: the appearance of people incapable of relating to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“Who are theologians? What kind of self-identity could or should a theologian claim? Should a theologian be a defender or transmitter of… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“As a preacher myself, let me be blunt here. Preaching itself can easily become just a subtle form of entertainment. When I… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“When the minister of the gospel faces the Lord God as judge, there will be many questions addressed to him. There will… — Eric J. Alexander Copy Share Image
Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“[A]lthough the deeds opposed to love which mark Christian religious history, are in accordance with Christianity, and its antagonists are therefore right… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
My grandad's a gospel singer, and his children were singers, too. But I don't believe in God in the same way... not… — Labrinth Copy Share Image
“There are those who say that spiritual enlightenment is achieved through the denial of oneself; you must deny yourself many things, go… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“People who profess to have no faith, do not actually have no faith. They simply do not have faith as defined by… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“The character of Jesus is the character of God. God would never do something Jesus would find morally reprehensible, so if you… — Austin Fischer Copy Share Image
“Like the rest of the devout, he was incapable of understanding that the Holy One's face is never turned away but constantly… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
We ministers have undoubtedly failed to connect and apply Christianity to the practical everyday problems of the average man. In this, we… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best, I put before you what I have… — Eric Liddell Copy Share Image
The search for truth is, as it always has been, the noblest expression of the human spirit. Man's insatiable desire for knowledge… — Raymond B. Fosdick Copy Share Image
“Divine grace is the power of chance beclouded with additional mystery. … Religion denies, repudiates chance, making everything dependent on God, explaining… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
Religion assures us that our afflictions shall have an end; she comforts us, she dries our tears, she promises us another life.… — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
The process of inner self-examination brings about a knowledge that is as rigorous and supported by evidence as anything science has to… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
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