People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously understanding the world with a deliberate intellectual exclusion… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“No man or spirit, not even Satan, can precisely predict future events. No other religious writing outside the Bible dares to make… — Grant R. Jeffrey Copy Share Image
One classical role of the pulpit in Protestantism has been to 'preach sermons' which imply indoctrination more than education. Within this from… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
“In a letter to soldiers in 1798, John Adams, a Founding Father and practicing Unitarian, remarked: We had no government armed with… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
Strangely enough a lot of my ideals are christian in a sense but I don't like the way that religion is portrayed… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Homosexuality was massively practiced in some of the conflicting religions at the time of Christ and even at the time of Christ,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
All spiritual experiences are sensations in the body. They are simply a graded series of sensations, beginning with the solidity of earth… — Sri Anirvan Copy Share Image
I think many thinkers and activists, even in the Islamist parties like the Muslim Brotherhood, and the people who left the Muslim… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
At some point I just acknowledged, at least to myself, that I had a great deal of respect for people of faith.… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
Market bashers ... might understand the claim that in some particular field, markets required no intervention--though they'd be skeptical--but the notion that,… — Julian Sanchez Copy Share Image
“An infinite soul incarnates in order to catalyze massive spiritual change in a civilization, generally during a shift from one average soul… — Shepherd Hoodwin Copy Share Image
Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“The greatest danger to the church today is not humanism, paganism, atheism or agnosticism. The greatest danger is not increasing hostility against… — Mark Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I now have faith in those who say they represent a faith. Whereas before I was like, 'Do not give me a… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Love and faith go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other. And as we all know, taking the leap… — Kirsten Miller Copy Share Image
“Myriads of professing Christians nowadays seem utterly unable to distinguish things that differ. Like people afflicted with colour-blindness, they are incapable of… — J.C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“The law of manifestation operates like a triangle: First, know what you want and visualize it as if you already had it;… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
In pulpit eloquence, the grand difficulty lies here--to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves, without attaching any importance… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“As for the belief that humanity is mostly good, Secular humanism, when in that alignment, always presumes the existence of a higher… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The Church is not an automobile showroom - a place to put ourselves on display so that others can admire our spirituality,… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“One day Lal shahbaz was wandering in the desert with his friend Sheikh Bhaa ud-Din Zakariya. It was winter, and evening time,… — William Dalrymple Copy Share Image
For nearly a century, the moral relativism of science has given faith-based religion--that great engine of ignorance and bigotry--a nearly uncontested claim… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Lucifer whispers that life's not fair and that if the gospel were true, we would never have problems or disappointments. ... The… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Scientists have practical reasons for wishing that religion and science be kept separate. They can see nothing but trouble ... if they… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
The sense that a man is serving a Higher than himself, with a service which will become ever more and more perfect… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
I have more appreciation for why the Bible avoids fuzzy psychologisms and says simply to the stealer, "Steal no more," and to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Don't forget to give yourself some credit in life, yeah be thankful to whoever you worship but think about this... When one… — Ivan Avendano Copy Share Image
“One of the major problems in the spiritual life is our attachment to our own self-image—either positively or negatively created. We have… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal;… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Zen is a journey of exploration and a way of living that, in and of itself, does not belong to any one… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
I believe that if we have lived our lives fully and well, and have accomplished, at least in part, the things we… — Loretta Young Copy Share Image
“Faith is not something you have got to self-generate. Faith is not something you develop. Faith is God's gift as you learn… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
“A second level of analysis for conceptualizing spirituality is in terms of personalized goals or strivings, or what Emmons and colleagues have… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us; inspire all our thoughts; pervade our imaginations; suggest all our decisions; order all our… — John Baillie Copy Share Image
