Many years ago, but not so long ago, there were those who said, 'Well, you have three strikes against you: You're black,… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot be happy in the most basic… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Every attempt to reflect upon the Atonement, to study it, to embrace it, to express appreciation for it, however small or feeble… — Tad R. Callister Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as kind and generous of spirit and someone who loved to laugh and that I never took… — Melanie Nicholls-King Copy Share Image
“I meant “tribalism” in the widest sense of the word, as applied to race, religion, nationalism, or politics. George Orwell defined it… — John Carlin Copy Share Image
“Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your need for deeper levels of spiritual… — Ruth Haley Barton Copy Share Image
“The crucified God takes believers on a journey into earth, into its pain and suffering, and finds in that journey not the… — Mark Lewis Taylor Copy Share Image
“Nothing proves the man-made character of religion as obviously as the sick mind that designed hell, unless it is the sorely limited… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
I don’t believe in “laying to rest” the past. There are wounds we won’t get over. There are things that happen to… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
For the power Thou hast given me to lay hold of things unseen: For the strong sense I have that this is… — John Baillie Copy Share Image
“Religions are like women, for neither when they are youthful need scents or fard in order to be surrounded by humble adorers… — Emmanuel Roydis Copy Share Image
I want to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia, the art of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“We wish we knew how to do something for Thee. We pray that we may be helped to do so ere we… — B Aguilera Copy Share Image
“When I gardened at home, I often considered how the growth of plants resembles the gradual growth of the spirit. And seeing… — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“Many religious moderates have taken the apparent high road of pluralism, asserting the equal validity of all faiths, but in doing so… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When I was young I had an elderly friend who used often to ask me to stay with him in the country.… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
In the agreement to rescue Rome [i.e., the Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy] from the predicament of losing its world control to Protestantism,… — John Daniel Copy Share Image
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution…The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“Anti-intellectualism is virtually our civic religion. "Critical thinking" may be a ubiquitous educational slogan—a vaguely defined skill we hope our children pick… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And that's the type of thing I'm trying to speak out against the most, religion controlling what we see and what we… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Souls will be unable to reach perfection who do not strive to be content with having nothing, in such fashion that their… — St John Of The Cross Copy Share Image
“The person leading you toward spiritual awakening is not the one who praises you or is nice to you. Your spirituality deepens… — Haemin Sunim Copy Share Image
“But not all places are the same. If a church is located in suburbia, where families are the predominant social circle, then… — Verlon Fosner Copy Share Image
For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Christians, for instance, are not, properly speaking, believers in religion; rather, they believe that Jesus of Nazareth, crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
Even when our life is most difficult, it is important to remember that something within us is keeping us alive- the life… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“God bridges the infinite distances between Himself and the spirits created to love Him, by supernatural missions of His own life. The… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“I used to know a carnival man turned preacher who said the key to his success was understanding the people of what… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
I talk to groups studying the most advanced spiritual teachings and sometimes these people wonder why nothing is happening in their lives.… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Our minds are forced to become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot resist. To control the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
our great common challenge ... is to free people from religion, get it out of our laws, our schools, our health systems,… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“But as soon as we grasp this—and I appreciate it takes quite a bit of latching onto for people who have spent… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“No?” Winston’s voice remained flat. “Then let me ask you this famous question: Would you rather live in a world without technology…or… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
By 1980, we knew it was time to renew our faith, to strive with all our strength toward the ultimate in individual… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“And here she was, an old woman now, living and hoping, keeping faith, afraid of evil, full of anxiety for the living… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
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