Religion Quotes · Page 247

“And so Mr. Brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.”

— Chinua Achebe

it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things.

— Mary Martha Sherwood

Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians.

— Conrad Black

“People who were raised on The Bible can never tell the difference between a warning and an advertisement.”

— George Hammond

Is there any moral enormity which might not be justified by imitation of such a Deity?

— John Stuart Mill

“Reading is on the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it; it does not constitute it.”

— Marcel Proust

In fact, because people are religious, they think they can do bad things.

— Bill Maher

Not gonna bind ya or break ya, old spirit. Just gonna kick your ass up between your ears.

— Jim Butcher

“The effective object of worship is the bottle and the sole religious experience is that state of uninhibited and belligerent euphoria which…

— Aldous Huxley

To talk of prayer after admitting he professed no faith was, in my opinion, a breach of common courtesy. In this sense,…

— Kenzaburo Oe

Duplicity in matters of religion is not confined to Pakistan, but it hurts the most in societies where debate on religion is…

— Asma Jahangir

“Without private prayers and personal study of the Scriptures, how can we increase in faith and grow in the grace of our…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Corbyn, like me, is a republican and an atheist. How then can we possibly be expected to sing along to an anthem…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with…

— Barack Obama

“I don't understand how can people hold faith and reasoning in the same head. To my understanding, faith, like love, is blind.”

— Tarif Naaz

I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of religious faith.

— Mohammed Morsi

The development of a kind heart, or feeling of closeness for all human beings, does not involve any of the kind of…

— Dalai Lama

“And so, it is not our own life that we live, but the lives of the dead, and the soul that dwells…

— Oscar Wilde

“As God’s self-knowledge lies in the eternal Spirit, so man’s self-knowledge is by his own spirit, and his knowledge of God is…

— A.W. Tozer

There is so much deep contradiction in my soul. Such deep longing for God - so deep that it is painful -…

— Brian Kolodiejchuk

“I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Religious beliefs are culture bound…land overwhelmed by poverty, overcrowding, starvation, disease, class oppression and lack of any hope for a better future…

— Irvin D. Yalom

The level of vitriol against Jews and Christianity within contemporary Islam, unfortunately, is something that we are not totally cognizant of, or…

— Steven Emerson

Our work is the embodiment of our will. The spiritual manifestation of this work is its effect. When such work is properly…

— Viktor Schauberger

“Scriptures are to religion, what sci-fi comic-books are to innovation.”

— Abhijit Naskar

And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

— Robert K. Dellenbach

Into the Woods,' 'Sweeney Todd' - those were my religion.

— Randy Rainbow

We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.

— Henry David Thoreau

Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I don't go to church so much, but I do believe in God and I understand the consequences of faith.

— Usain Bolt

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.

— John Wesley

Sometimes the cultures phobia of religion borders on the absurd.

— Ralph E. Reed, Jr

“ Begin again as often as you need to in order to stay on track spiritually...”

— Elizabeth Funderbirk

My wife converted me to religion. I never believed in hell until I married her.

— Hal Roach

“One should plan for spiritual enlightenment. At least bring a flashlight.”

— Lia Hills

There are three acts of faith: assent, acceptance and assurance.

— John Flavel

I'll try to record the spiritual quality of the things that strike me.

— Arthur Jafa

Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.

— Benito Mussolini

Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face.

— Michel de Montaigne