Religion Quotes · Page 233

The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God's representative on earth.

— Christopher Hitchens

It might sound crazy, but if you have faith and if you believe, you can achieve so much.

— Athiya Shetty

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

— John D. Rockefeller

Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is.

— Joanna Russ

There are no planes in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down.

— Fulton J. Sheen

I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.

— David Beckham

“Friend, the Son of God did not die on the cross to create a church full of watchers.”

— Pete Hise

Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died.

— Giacomo Meyerbeer

Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude-they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than…

— Herb Elliott

The immense majority of intellectually eminent men disbelieve in the Christian religion, but they conceal the fact in public, because they are…

— Bertrand Russell

Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them.…

— Anonymous

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who…

— Maria Montessori

“Some of the simplest of truths are also some of the most difficult of truths, but such is Christianity: 'If it's not…

— Criss Jami

“When we walk by sight, we calculate everything from the human perspective, and this always leads to discouragement; but when we walk…

— Warren W. Wiersbe

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter…

— Amos Lee

You can easily substitute the intellect for true devotion. Devotion comes from the heart, and from the will. The intellect, you can…

— Ravi Zacharias

“My interest in Sufism began when I was a college student. At the time, I was a rebellious young woman who liked…

— Elif Shafak

“In other words, that the discussion about what is good, what is beautiful, what is noble, what is pure, and what is…

— Christopher Hitchens

But the United States is neither a Christian nation nor the exclusive home of any particular religious group. Non-Christians are not guests.…

— Alan Dershowitz

Spring is beautiful everywhere, but it is more than beautiful in Lebanon. Spring is the spirit of an unknown God speeding through…

— Khalil Gibran

“To be a Christian means gradually, Sunday after Sunday, to be subsumed into another story, a different account of where we have…

— William H. Willimon

“For the natural selectivity of the island I will have to substitute a conscious selectivity based on another sense of values –…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Whether at home or in church, your thoughts and your conduct should be always in harmony with the spirit and purpose of…

— Harold B. Lee

Substantial and effective social advancements for women can only be instituted through passing laws that protect them from all forms of discrimination…

— David L Wadley Founder All Women Are Beautiful - Wwwallwabcom

“I take it as an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever.”

— Pat Conroy

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

— Hermann Hesse

“How you can argue with those who whip, stone and murder people because they wanted to live their life?”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“If I am looking for inspiration, then I read the religious scriptures.”

— Steven Magee

Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology.

— James H. Cone

Without faith, you have nothing. You cannot be saved without it. You cannot be healed without it.

— Smith Wigglesworth

They paint you red before they sacrifice you. It's a different religion from ours - I think.

— Ringo Starr

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

— Tracy Chapman

Politics might be religion for the Left, but conservatives understand there is more to life than politics.

— Michael J. Knowles

Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history.

— Edith Hamilton

“Any established church is an established crime, an established slave pen.”

— Mark Twain

My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That's something worth achieving.

— Pierce Brosnan

Religious concepts and vocabulary are certainly censored in these textbooks.

— Paul Vitz

Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.

— Leon Krier

All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.

— Anonymous

Lasting change can occur only when it takes in the spirit of the mind.

— Myles Munroe