Religion Quotes · Page 259

The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.

— Quentin Crisp

hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic...

— Van Morrison

“We’re all perfect creatures of God, figuring out our own way back to Him.”

— A.D. Aliwat

Life is about accepting the past, letting it be, and pushing your spirit forward.

— Anonymous

I do not want to suggest that you have to be religious to be moral.

— Jonathan Sacks

Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.

— Emerson Fittipaldi

Spirituality is committing suicide. Consciousness is attempting to will itself out of existence.

— Jaron Lanier

I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this…

— R.J. Rushdoony

If you can't show the difference between religion and the Gospel, people will confuse morality with a changed heart

— Timothy Keller

If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Prana... is the spirit of mantra. Mantra in turn is the expression of prana. Whatever most engages our prana or vital energy…

— Anonymous

I wish that those who believe in the doctrines of grace would be more gracious. That's all I'd say... I'm an evangelical.…

— Rick Warren

“I'm dating myself, but this was before Jesus Christ. We worshiped a God named Sashatiba, who had five eyes, including one on…

— David Sedaris

The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

— Rick Warren

Ivanov: Once I worked hard and thought a lot but I never got tired; now I do nothing and think of nothing,…

— Anton Chekhov

The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk…

— Richard J. Foster

“First, it is largely unknown just how the Holy Spirit interacted with the author of an original Biblical manuscript- 'passive' vs. 'active'…

— R. Alan Woods

No matter the location of the build site, the religion, gender or ethnicity of the homeowners or volunteers, there is a sense…

— Jonathan Reckford

Traditional spirituality often made pleasure, joy, good feelings. the things to overcome. It said you couldn't just indulge in your desires; that…

— Charles Eisenstein

I think you can't really escape any kind of spiritual education as a child, whether it's New Age or Judaism or Buddhism…

— Jack White

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and…

— Arthur C. Clarke

“The physical as a symbol of the spiritual world. The people who keep old rags, old useless objects, who hoard, accumulate: are…

— Anaïs Nin

True religious movements prosper and flourish under tribulation.

— Sun Myung Moon

The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. (Psalms 6:9)

— Bible

I can't even make a leap of faith to believe in my own existence.

— Woody Allen

I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.

— Oscar Wilde

“A tonne of faith is easier to carry than a pebble of doubt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Christ's disciples were no orators, till the Spirit made them such.”

— Matthew Henry

“religion is a neurological disorder for which faith is the only cure.”

— Frank Schaeffer

“Believing the phenomenon of karma is placing your destiny in the hands of the devil.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Religion is a very sensitive subject and reason for wars all over the world.

— Yolanda Hadid

If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.

— Roger Ebert

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

— Samuel Butler

Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun.

— Pope Gregory I

And I'll act like I have faith, and like that faith never ends, but I really just have friends.

— Dar Williams

I'm not a religious freak, but I do believe that there is a higher power.

— Charlotte Rae

A man cannot be comfortable spiritually who is in bondage financially.

— Francis M. Lyman

I belong to a church and I try to do my Christian duty, so I am against alcohol... But we need the…

— Walter Allen