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> [The emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samir-selmanovic/the-emerging-church-movement-has-come-to-believe-that-the-ultimate/)

[Samir Selmanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samir-selmanovic/)

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> [“As a teenager, I began to question the Great Christian Sorting System. My gay friends in high school were kind and funny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/as-a-teenager-i-began-to-question-the-great-christian-sorting-system/)

[Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/)

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> [“Shortly after I started hitting some notable milestones on my Spiritual journey, I went into a thrift store that benefits veterans, My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-d-longoria-jr/shortly-after-i-started-hitting-some-notable-milestones-on-my/)

[Raymond D. Longoria Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-d-longoria-jr/)

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> [To obtain a knowledge of duty, a man is not sent away, outside of himself, to ancient documents; for the only rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/to-obtain-a-knowledge-of-duty-a-man-is-not-sent-away-outside-of/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

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> [Spirituality emerged as a fundamental guidepost in Wholeheartedness. Not religiosity but the deeply held belief that we are inextricably connected to one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/spirituality-emerged-as-a-fundamental-guidepost-in-wholeheartedness/)

[Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/)

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> [The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-church-has-opposed-every-innovation-and-discovery-from-the-day-of/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“Today the name of Jesus Christ is often mocked, despised, and even hated. But one day Jesus will get all the honor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-neal-matthews/today-the-name-of-jesus-christ-is-often-mocked-despised-and-even/)

[Dianne Neal Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-neal-matthews/)

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> [Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vida-goldstein/protest-to-be-effective-must-be-followed-by-resolute-action-and-at/)

Vida Goldstein

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> [“to either release you from it or be with you in it. God gives us everything we need, but it is up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-saffrin/to-either-release-you-from-it-or-be-with-you-in-it-god-gives-us/)

[Bob Saffrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-saffrin/)

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> [“Fruits of the Spirit GOODNESS and KINDNESS live in the hearts of those who have suffered greatly, as the wounded tend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-zelenka/fruits-of-the-spirit-goodness-and-kindness-live-in-the-hearts-of/)

[Cheryl Zelenka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-zelenka/)

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> [Life is not about making money. It is about enhancing the quality of life for every single being so that they go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-creme/life-is-not-about-making-money-it-is-about-enhancing-the-quality-of/)

[Benjamin Creme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-creme/)

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> [Since religion is a primitive form of philosophy — an attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality — many of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/since-religion-is-a-primitive-form-of-philosophy-an-attempt-to-offer/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Everything I have personally experienced, and that also has been expressed by the leaders of the great religions points to the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/everything-i-have-personally-experienced-and-that-also-has-been/)

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

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> [If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/if-therefore-my-work-is-negative-irreligious-atheistic-let-it-be-2/)

[Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/)

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> [At the bottom of religious persecution is the doctrine of self-defence; that is to say, the defence of the soul. If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/at-the-bottom-of-religious-persecution-is-the-doctrine-of-self/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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> [“Looking at ourselves through the eyes of those living in places where human tragedy is still embedded in complex religious and cultural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-watters/looking-at-ourselves-through-the-eyes-of-those-living-in-places-where/)

[Ethan Watters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-watters/)

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> [One arranges flowers as the spirit moves you; to obey some inner prompting to put this colour with that, to have brilliance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-spry/one-arranges-flowers-as-the-spirit-moves-you-to-obey-some-inner/)

[Constance Spry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-spry/)

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> [“Jesus from the moment he first appears in Galilee is a sign of contradiction, fomenting revolution through telling the truth about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/jesus-from-the-moment-he-first-appears-in-galilee-is-a-sign-of/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [There is always in the healthy mind an obscure prompting that religion teaches us rather to dig than to climb; that if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/there-is-always-in-the-healthy-mind-an-obscure-prompting-that/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [You are born supernaturally through faith, by the grace of God, into the kingdom of righteousness; but you are born a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-henry-fowler/you-are-born-supernaturally-through-faith-by-the-grace-of-god-into/)

[Charles Henry Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-henry-fowler/)

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> [Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-robertson-smith/religion-did-not-exist-for-the-saving-of-souls-but-for-the/)

[William Robertson Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-robertson-smith/)

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> [Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frantz-fanon/taking-the-continent-as-a-whole-this-religious-tension-may-be/)

[Frantz Fanon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frantz-fanon/)

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> [“Never have things of the spirit counted for so little. Never has hatred for everything great been so manifest – disdain for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/never-have-things-of-the-spirit-counted-for-so-little-never-has/)

[Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/)

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> [Our universe grants every soul a twin- a reflection of themselves -the kindred spirit - And no matter where they are or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-dillon/our-universe-grants-every-soul-a-twin-a-reflection-of-themselves-the/)

[Julie Dillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-dillon/)

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> [In a sense everything that is exists to climb. All evolution is a climbing towards a higher form. Climbing for life as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-parker/in-a-sense-everything-that-is-exists-to-climb-all-evolution-is-a/)

Rob Parker

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> [“We learned a lot about cults in seminary,” he said, “but to be honest, I haven’t given it much thought since it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-c-manus/we-learned-a-lot-about-cults-in-seminary-he-said-but-to-be-honest-i/)

Glenda C. Manus

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> [“I am no philosopher, but I know this. Your religions cause wars and prevent marriages. There will be no peace on earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-de-bernieres/i-am-no-philosopher-but-i-know-this-your-religions-cause-wars-and/)

[Louis de Bernières](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-de-bernieres/)

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> [Then from the world all spirituality will be extinct, all moral perfection will be extinct, all sweet-souled sympathy for religion will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/then-from-the-world-all-spirituality-will-be-extinct-all-moral/)

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

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> [“Discipline brings freedom. The purpose of meditation is to enable us to hear God more clearly. Meditation is listening, sensing, heeding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/discipline-brings-freedom-the-purpose-of-meditation-is-to-enable-us/)

[Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/)

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> [Rebuilding us. Isn't that what the spirit requires, when we climb over the wreckage of our lives, sometimes, we go on to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/rebuilding-us-isn-t-that-what-the-spirit-requires-when-we-climb-over/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Renunciation is the background of all religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as this idea of renunciation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/renunciation-is-the-background-of-all-religious-thought-wherever-it/)

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

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> [When we speak of faith—the faith that can move mountains—we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-m-nelson/when-we-speak-of-faith-the-faith-that-can-move-mountains-we-are-not-2/)

[Russell M. Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-m-nelson/)

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> ['I believe in one God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/i-believe-in-one-god-and-mohammed-the-apostle-of-god-is-the-simple/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/what-is-a-wife-and-what-is-a-harlot-what-is-a-church-and-what-is-a/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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> [Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/let-us-never-give-in-to-pessimism-to-that-bitterness-that-the-devil/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [“yeah, my people figured that maybe there’s something at the back of it all, a creator, a great spirit, and so we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/yeah-my-people-figured-that-maybe-there-s-something-at-the-back-of-it/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [The spirit of a country, if it is to be true to itself, needs continually to draw great breaths of inspiration from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-stapledon/the-spirit-of-a-country-if-it-is-to-be-true-to-itself-needs/)

George Stapledon

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> [All spiritual growth comes from reading and reflection. By reading we learn what we did not know; by reflection we retain what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidore-of-seville/all-spiritual-growth-comes-from-reading-and-reflection-by-reading-we/)

[Isidore of Seville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isidore-of-seville/)

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> [Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend. What all great gardens have in common are their ability to pull the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/bad-gardens-copy-good-gardens-create-great-gardens-transcend-what-all/)

[Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/)

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> [“Scripture is first and foremost a story. And it’s a story about God. We want to make it a story about us—about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/scripture-is-first-and-foremost-a-story-and-it-s-a-story-about-god-we/)

[John Mark Comer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mark-comer/)

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                        "text": "“Shortly after I started hitting some notable milestones on my Spiritual journey, I went into a thrift store that benefits veterans, My eyes were quickly drawn to a dusty and tattered image of Christ laying mixed in with some other things on a shelf. I picked it up, And on it was written these words: \"If you accept it... I would give you the gift of seeing yourself as I see you...\" The truth and love of that image and simple words stopped me in my tracks and opened my heart. Since then I have received a wonderful gift, to know myself as an Eternal Spiritual Being, a Child of our Loving Father in Heaven. ...And no I didn't buy it, I received the message loud and clear, So I left it there, in hopes that the image and words would speak to someone else's Soul in the same way they had spoken to mine.”",
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                        "text": "Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy and moral values, action needs to develop into a world crusade for the Spiritual Humanity.",
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                        "text": "“to either release you from it or be with you in it. God gives us everything we need, but it is up to us to decide what we will believe, what we will trust God for, and what we will choose to focus our lives on. That’s why scripture says we only need a small mustard seed of faith. If we are simply inclined to believe God, he will build on that starter faith and we can become faith giants without limits. He creates it in us. Today I choose to believe God. Will you join me? For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor un-circumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love (Gal 5:6). Faith is the only thing that counts.”",
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                        "text": "“Fruits of the Spirit GOODNESS and KINDNESS live in the hearts of those who have suffered greatly, as the wounded tend to learn compassion through their misery. GENTLENESS is born out of the adversity that has challenged a believer, but who has then released all hopes for vindication to the power of God. PEACE is a fruit that grows from seeds of trust. LOVE matures as we learn to give up pieces of ourselves for the benefit of others, knowing full well that every piece we loose is replaced by an even more wondrous portion of Christ. JOY comes from knowing God and experiencing His strength during trials. PATIENCE is learned through experiences of long-suffering and allows the saint to move forward on his earthy journey, while always longing for his real home in heaven. FAITHFULNESS means commitment. It is a sold-out attitude and stance that resonates a belief in God’s unquestionable ability to do the impossible. Finally, the believer who suffers in the name of Christ for love’s sake grows in SELF-CONTROL. With this final fruit, the temptations of the devil lesson and loose their power. We gain strength by gaining self-control.”",
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                        "text": "Life is not about making money. It is about enhancing the quality of life for every single being so that they go from physical satisfaction to astral satisfaction to mental satisfaction to growing spiritual satisfaction, up and up and up, all the way. It's all spiritual.",
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                        "text": "At the bottom of religious persecution is the doctrine of self-defence; that is to say, the defence of the soul. If the founder of Christianity had plainly said: 'It is not necessary to believe in order to be saved; it is only necessary to do, and he who really loves his fellow-men, who is kind, honest, just and charitable, is to be forever blest' - if he had only said that, there would probably have been but little persecution.",
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                        "text": "Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is divided into Black and White, and the names that are substituted- Africa south of the Sahara, Africa north of the Sahara- do not manage to hide this latent racism. Here, it is affirmed that White Africa has a thousand-year-old tradition of culture; that she is Mediterranean, that she is a continuation of Europe and that she shares in Graeco-Latin civilization. Black Africa is looked on as a region that is inert, brutal, uncivilized - in a word, savage.",
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                        "text": "Our universe grants every soul a twin- a reflection of themselves -the kindred spirit - And no matter where they are or how far away they are from each other- even if they are in different dimensions, they will always find one another. This is destiny; this is love.",
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                        "text": "In a sense everything that is exists to climb. All evolution is a climbing towards a higher form. Climbing for life as it reaches towards the consciousness, towards the spirit. We have always honored the high places because we sense them to be the homes of gods. In the mountains there is the promise of... something unexplainable. A higher place of awareness, a spirit that soars. So we climb... and in climbing there is more than a metaphor; there is a means of discovery.",
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                        "text": "“We learned a lot about cults in seminary,” he said, “but to be honest, I haven’t given it much thought since it doesn’t seem to be a problem in Park Place. I need to take a refresher course when we get back home. We ministers need to be aware of signs and symbols of that sort of thing. We like to hide our heads in the sand and pretend it doesn’t exist, but it does.” The”",
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                        "text": "“I am no philosopher, but I know this. Your religions cause wars and prevent marriages. There will be no peace on earth until every synagogue, every mosque, every church, and every temple is razed to the ground or made into a barn, and when that happens, no one will be happier than the Lord God Himself.”",
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                        "text": "Then from the world all spirituality will be extinct, all moral perfection will be extinct, all sweet-souled sympathy for religion will be extinct, all ideality will be extinct; and in its place will reign the duality of lust and luxury as the male and female deities, with money as its priest, fraud, force, and competition its ceremonies, and the human soul its sacrifice. Such a thing can never be.",
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                        "text": "“Discipline brings freedom. The purpose of meditation is to enable us to hear God more clearly. Meditation is listening, sensing, heeding the life and light of Christ. This comes right to the heart of our faith. The life that pleases God is not a set of religious duties; it is to hear His voice and obey His word. Meditation opens the door to this way of living. To pray is to change. All who have walked with God have viewed prayer as the main business of their lives. For those explorers in the frontiers of faith, prayer was no little habit tacked on to the periphery of their lives; it was their lives. It was the most serious work of their most productive years. Prayer – nothing draws us closer to the heart of God. Fasting must forever centre on God. More than any other Discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us. The most difficult problem is not finding time but convincing myself that this is important enough to set aside the time. Disciplines are not the answer; they only lead us to the Answer. We must clearly understand this limitation of the Disciplines if we are to avoid bondage. Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don’t. Anybody who has once been horrified by the dreadfulness of his own sin that nailed Jesus to the Cross will no longer be horrified by even the rankest sins of a brother.’ If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change.”",
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                        "text": "What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!",
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