It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
Generosity of spirit is worthwhile. I've had many requests over the years to attend things, to sing somewhere. I try not to… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
“Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Do not suppose from this that your new career is to be perpetually supported by agreeable spiritual contacts, or occupy itself in… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“The spiritual efficacy of all encounters is determined by the amount of personal ego that is in play. If two people meet… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
“It is possible to induce incorrect notions of cause and effect in most people in just a few minutes. All that is… — Naomi janowitz Copy Share Image
All religions have been created to explain things we know nothing about. For the Greeks, natural phenomena such as lightning could not… — Ryan A Camp Copy Share Image
It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“What love and spirit give cannot be extorted. The state has always been made a hell by man's wanting to make it… — Friedrich Holderlin Copy Share Image
“But that’s not all. The resurrection is also God’s “Amen” to our “It is finished, for I believe that when he died,… — Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that… — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
“The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq… — Georgie Anne Geyer Copy Share Image
“It is possible to conceive, Anselm said, of a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. Even an atheist can conceive… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being… — Yasuhiko Kimura Copy Share Image
I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Since most scientists are just a bit religious, and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific, we find humanity in a comical position.… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Many of those whose task it is to broker the truth of God to the people of God in the churches have… — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“1. The buck stops here. I am responsible for my past and my future. 2. I will seek wisdom. I will be… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“One of the most important elements of spiritual progress is a willingness and ability to let go of the past, and this… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“Would you rather live in a world without technology…or in a world without religion? Would you rather live without medicine, electricity, transportation,… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“In this new year, may you have a deep understanding of your true value and worth, an absolute faith in your unlimited… — Janet Rebhan Copy Share Image
“You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics.… — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
“The sage has no mind of his own. He is aware of the needs of others. I am good to people who… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
I think the time has come for us to embrace spirituality as a domain of awareness where we all experience our universal… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Where do we invest our trust now? In politicians? Most people would say not. In banks, in religion, in a sense of… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
If outside forces and culture were the reasons behind declining and non-influential churches, we would likely have no churches today. The greatest… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Are you trying to change yourself? • Are there areas of your life or character where you are resistant to God’s grace?… — Mike Ashcraft Copy Share Image
There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
You shouldn't blame (only) religion because science has killed more humans than religion HOWEVER, AND at the same time, you shouldn't blame… — Charles Brown Copy Share Image
Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a… — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
America has invested her religion as well as her morality in sound income-paying securities. She has adopted the unassailable position of a… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
All things whatsoever God in his infinite wisdom has seen fit and proper to reveal to us, while we are dwelling in… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
“Think of the church at large. What divisions! Think of the different bodies. Take the question of holiness, take the question of… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
