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title: "Inspiring Religion Qoutes"
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> [Many years ago, but not so long ago, there were those who said, 'Well, you have three strikes against you: You're black,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stevie-wonder/many-years-ago-but-not-so-long-ago-there-were-those-who-said-well-you/)

[Stevie Wonder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevie-wonder/)

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> [Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot be happy in the most basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/even-the-most-exalted-states-and-the-most-exceptional-spiritual/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [Every attempt to reflect upon the Atonement, to study it, to embrace it, to express appreciation for it, however small or feeble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-r-callister/every-attempt-to-reflect-upon-the-atonement-to-study-it-to-embrace-it/)

[Tad R. Callister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-r-callister/)

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> [I want to be remembered as kind and generous of spirit and someone who loved to laugh and that I never took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-nicholls-king/i-want-to-be-remembered-as-kind-and-generous-of-spirit-and-someone/)

[Melanie Nicholls-King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-nicholls-king/)

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> [“I meant “tribalism” in the widest sense of the word, as applied to race, religion, nationalism, or politics. George Orwell defined it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-carlin/i-meant-tribalism-in-the-widest-sense-of-the-word-as-applied-to-race/)

[John Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-carlin/)

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> [“Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your need for deeper levels of spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-haley-barton/your-desire-for-more-of-god-than-you-have-right-now-your-longing-for/)

[Ruth Haley Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-haley-barton/)

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> [“The crucified God takes believers on a journey into earth, into its pain and suffering, and finds in that journey not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lewis-taylor/the-crucified-god-takes-believers-on-a-journey-into-earth-into-its/)

[Mark Lewis Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lewis-taylor/)

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> [“Nothing proves the man-made character of religion as obviously as the sick mind that designed hell, unless it is the sorely limited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/nothing-proves-the-man-made-character-of-religion-as-obviously-as-the/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/things-that-i-grew-up-with-stay-with-me-you-start-a-certain-way-and/)

[Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/)

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> [I don’t believe in “laying to rest” the past. There are wounds we won’t get over. There are things that happen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-wiman/i-don-t-believe-in-laying-to-rest-the-past-there-are-wounds-we-won-t/)

[Christian Wiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-wiman/)

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> [For the power Thou hast given me to lay hold of things unseen: For the strong sense I have that this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/for-the-power-thou-hast-given-me-to-lay-hold-of-things-unseen-for-the/)

[John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/)

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> [“Religions are like women, for neither when they are youthful need scents or fard in order to be surrounded by humble adorers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmanuel-roydis/religions-are-like-women-for-neither-when-they-are-youthful-need/)

[Emmanuel Roydis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmanuel-roydis/)

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> [I want to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia, the art of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-want-to-explore-the-art-of-pleasure-in-italy-the-art-of-devotion-in/)

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

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> [It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-fenelon/it-is-only-by-fidelity-in-little-things-that-the-grace-of-true-love/)

[Francois Fenelon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-fenelon/)

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> [“We wish we knew how to do something for Thee. We pray that we may be helped to do so ere we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-aguilera/we-wish-we-knew-how-to-do-something-for-thee-we-pray-that-we-may-be/)

[B Aguilera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-aguilera/)

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> [“When I gardened at home, I often considered how the growth of plants resembles the gradual growth of the spirit. And seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-benton/when-i-gardened-at-home-i-often-considered-how-the-growth-of-plants/)

[Janet Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-benton/)

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> [“Many religious moderates have taken the apparent high road of pluralism, asserting the equal validity of all faiths, but in doing so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/many-religious-moderates-have-taken-the-apparent-high-road-of/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [When I was young I had an elderly friend who used often to ask me to stay with him in the country.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/when-i-was-young-i-had-an-elderly-friend-who-used-often-to-ask-me-to/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [ In the agreement to rescue Rome \[i.e., the Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy\] from the predicament of losing its world control to Protestantism,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-daniel/in-the-agreement-to-rescue-rome-i-e-the-roman-catholic-church-s/)

[John Daniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-daniel/)

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> [Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-b-eyring/increased-spiritual-strength-is-a-gift-from-god-which-he-can-give/)

[Henry B. Eyring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-b-eyring/)

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> [I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution…The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-am-the-greatest-advocate-of-the-constitution-the-only-fault-i-find/)

[Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/)

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> [“Anti-intellectualism is virtually our civic religion. "Critical thinking" may be a ubiquitous educational slogan—a vaguely defined skill we hope our children pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/anti-intellectualism-is-virtually-our-civic-religion-critical/)

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

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> [And that's the type of thing I'm trying to speak out against the most, religion controlling what we see and what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/and-that-s-the-type-of-thing-i-m-trying-to-speak-out-against-the-most/)

[Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/)

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> [Souls will be unable to reach perfection who do not strive to be content with having nothing, in such fashion that their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-of-the-cross/souls-will-be-unable-to-reach-perfection-who-do-not-strive-to-be/)

[St John Of The Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-john-of-the-cross/)

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> [“The person leading you toward spiritual awakening is not the one who praises you or is nice to you. Your spirituality deepens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haemin-sunim/the-person-leading-you-toward-spiritual-awakening-is-not-the-one-who/)

[Haemin Sunim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haemin-sunim/)

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> [“But not all places are the same. If a church is located in suburbia, where families are the predominant social circle, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verlon-fosner/but-not-all-places-are-the-same-if-a-church-is-located-in-suburbia/)

[Verlon Fosner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/verlon-fosner/)

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> [For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/for-me-the-different-religions-are-beautiful-flowers-from-the-same/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Christians, for instance, are not, properly speaking, believers in religion; rather, they believe that Jesus of Nazareth, crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bentley-hart/christians-for-instance-are-not-properly-speaking-believers-in/)

[David Bentley Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bentley-hart/)

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> [Even when our life is most difficult, it is important to remember that something within us is keeping us alive- the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/even-when-our-life-is-most-difficult-it-is-important-to-remember-that/)

[Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/)

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> [“God bridges the infinite distances between Himself and the spirits created to love Him, by supernatural missions of His own life. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/god-bridges-the-infinite-distances-between-himself-and-the-spirits/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [“I used to know a carnival man turned preacher who said the key to his success was understanding the people of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/i-used-to-know-a-carnival-man-turned-preacher-who-said-the-key-to-his/)

[James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/)

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> [I talk to groups studying the most advanced spiritual teachings and sometimes these people wonder why nothing is happening in their lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/i-talk-to-groups-studying-the-most-advanced-spiritual-teachings-and/)

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

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> [Our minds are forced to become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot resist. To control the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/our-minds-are-forced-to-become-fixed-upon-different-things-by-an/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [our great common challenge ... is to free people from religion, get it out of our laws, our schools, our health systems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/our-great-common-challenge-is-to-free-people-from-religion-get-it-out/)

[Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/)

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> [“But as soon as we grasp this—and I appreciate it takes quite a bit of latching onto for people who have spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/but-as-soon-as-we-grasp-this-and-i-appreciate-it-takes-quite-a-bit-of/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-only-man-who-has-the-right-to-say-that-he-is-justified-by-grace/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“No?” Winston’s voice remained flat. “Then let me ask you this famous question: Would you rather live in a world without technology…or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/no-winston-s-voice-remained-flat-then-let-me-ask-you-this-famous/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [By 1980, we knew it was time to renew our faith, to strive with all our strength toward the ultimate in individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/by-1980-we-knew-it-was-time-to-renew-our-faith-to-strive-with-all-our/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“And here she was, an old woman now, living and hoping, keeping faith, afraid of evil, full of anxiety for the living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vasily-grossman/and-here-she-was-an-old-woman-now-living-and-hoping-keeping-faith/)

[Vasily Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vasily-grossman/)

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> [Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-harkness/persons-who-would-never-think-of-announcing-boldly-to-the-world-i-am/)

[Georgia Harkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-harkness/)

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                        "text": "Every attempt to reflect upon the Atonement, to study it, to embrace it, to express appreciation for it, however small or feeble it may be, will kindle the fires of faith and work its miracle towards a more Christlike life. It is an inescapable consequence of so doing. We become like those things we habitually love and admire. And thus, as we study Christ’s life and live his teachings, we become more like him.",
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                        "text": "“Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your need for deeper levels of spiritual transformation than you have experienced so far is the truest thing about you. You might think that your woundedness or your sinfulness is the truest thing about you or that your giftedness or your personality type or your job title or your identity as husband or wife, mother or father, somehow defines you. But, in reality, it is your desire for God and your capacity to reach for more of God than you have right now that is the deepest essence of who you are.”",
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                        "text": "“The crucified God takes believers on a journey into earth, into its pain and suffering, and finds in that journey not the holiness of pain but the wonder of life's power to persist and transform. The way of the crucified God seeks God in earth's humanity, which has been abandoned, rejected, and despised, the people who know life amid their struggle.”",
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                        "text": "“Nothing proves the man-made character of religion as obviously as the sick mind that designed hell, unless it is the sorely limited mind that has failed to describe heaven—except as a place of either worldly comfort, eternal tedium, or (as Tertullian thought) continual relish in the torture of others.”",
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                        "text": "Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a certain simplicity that you had. It's less about staying in childhood than keeping a certain spirit of seeing things in a different way.",
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                        "text": "I don’t believe in “laying to rest” the past. There are wounds we won’t get over. There are things that happen to us that, no matter how hard we try to forget, no matter with what fortitude we face them, what mix of religion and therapy we swallow, what finished and durable forms of art we turn them into, are going to go on happening inside of us for as long as our brains are alive.",
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                        "text": "For the power Thou hast given me to lay hold of things unseen: For the strong sense I have that this is not my home:For my restless heart which nothing finite can satisfy: I give Thee thanks, O God. For the invasion of my soul by Thy Holy Spirit: For all human love and goodness that speak to me of Thee: For the fullness of Thy glory outpoured in Jesus Christ: I give Thee thanks, O God.",
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                        "text": "“Religions are like women, for neither when they are youthful need scents or fard in order to be surrounded by humble adorers who are ready, whether pagan or Christian, to lay down their lives for the beloved object. But when they age it is necessary for them to take refuge in soles and gilded ornaments to preserve for a little while longer their depleted votaries.”",
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                        "text": "I want to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia, the art of balancing the two. It was only later, after admitting this dream, that I noticed the happy coincidence that all these countries begin with the letter I. A fairly auspicious sign, it seemed, on a voyage of self-discovery.",
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                        "text": "It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit. . . . No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?",
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                        "text": "“We wish we knew how to do something for Thee. We pray that we may be helped to do so ere we die; yea, that every flying hour may confess that we have brought Thy Gospel some renown; that we may so live as to extend the Redeemer's kingdom at least in some little measure; that ours may not be a fruitless, wasted life that no faculty of ours may lay by and rust; but to the utmost of our capacity may we be helped of the Divine Spirit to spend our whole life in real adoration. We know that he prays that serves, he praises that gives, he adores that obeys, and the life is the best music. Oh! set it to good music, we pray Thee, and help us all through to keep to each note, and may there be no false note in all the singing of our life, but all be according to that sacred score which is written out so fully in the life music of our Lord.”",
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                        "text": "Souls will be unable to reach perfection who do not strive to be content with having nothing, in such fashion that their natural and spiritual desire is satisfied with emptiness; for this is necessary in order to reach the highest tranquility and peace of spirit. Hence the love of God in the pure and simple soul is almost continually in act.",
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                        "text": "“No?” Winston’s voice remained flat. “Then let me ask you this famous question: Would you rather live in a world without technology…or in a world without religion? Would you rather live without medicine, electricity, transportation, and antibiotics…or without zealots waging war over fictional tales and imaginary spirits?”",
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