Religion Quotes · Page 342

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.

— Bill Maher

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Churches that ignore their communities will not grow, and churches that will not globalize don’t matter much.”

— Calvin Miller

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

— Oswald Chambers

But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.

— Bayard Taylor

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain.

— Martin Sheen

“The Gospel does not call us to receive Christ as an addition to our life, but as our life.”

— Paul Washer

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable…

— Daniel Dennett

I will answer for it, the longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it; it will grow sweeter and…

— William Romaine

Eschew wicked company and associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always meditate on that which is eternal forgetting…

— Chanakya

You cannot classify a whole group of people based upon their religion and determine their intent. That's not fair. It's not American.

— Jeff Fortenberry

The idea that He would take his attention away from the universe in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds…

— Quentin Crisp

Each successive period of progress is a period more humane and spiritual. The only logical conclusion is that all is Mind and…

— Mary Baker Eddy

“The unlimited power of taxation will give them the command of all the treasures of the continent; a standing army will be…

— An Old Whig George Bryan John Smilie and James Hutchinson

Apparently, in the Avesta classical period no one would have dreamed of having a spiritual experience without resort to drugs.

— Terence McKenna

“Is there no God? What is his correct address? Which street does he live in? Is he up there? There is no…

— Dada Bhagwan

“to some parts of biblical teaching,” and “B” beliefs, which contradict Christian truth (“B” doctrines) and “lead listeners to find some Christian…

— Timothy Keller

Biblical law permits voluntary slavery because it recognizes that some people are not able to maintain a position of independence . .…

— R.J. Rushdoony

The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for…

— David McCullough

“When we are born, we emerge into this world with new eyes and a spirit of wonder. Everything is a marvel to…

— Cassandra Blizzard

the leading error of the human mind, - the bane of human happiness - the perverter of human virtue ... is Religion…

— Frances Wright

Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts…

— George Washington

“Had you accepted that third counsel of the mighty spirit, you would have furnished all that man seeks on earth, that is:…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

— Jill Scott

Revival is an infusion of new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit to existing parts of Christ's body.

— Richard Lovelace

My religion teaches me that a promise once made or a vow once taken for a worthy object may not be broken.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Religion is as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of a rope

— Anonymous

There is a religious war going on in our country for the soul of America

— Patrick Buchanan

Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.

— John Adams

The union of Church and State is not to make the Church political, but the State religious.

— John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God. He Himself is the way.

— Karl Barth

Kindness is a universal language regardless of age, nationality or religion.

— Alex Ferguson

“The Lord is close to the broken hearted. He rescues the crushed in spirit. [Psalm 34:18]”

— Anonymous

The goal is the developed Kingdom of god, the New Jerusalem, a world order under god's law.

— R.J. Rushdoony

“Transforming the human experience of aging into spiritual enlightenment in the service of peace on Earth.”

— John C. Robinson

I love the Jews. 1. Yiddish is awesome. 2. Ive never met one who pushed their religion on me.

— Philip DeFranco

“And she understood now that love wasn’t just wanting, but a steady devotion, no matter what.”

— Shayla Black

It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.

— L. Lionel Kendrick

If nations perish, it is not because of their devotion to liberty, but for their disregard of its requirements.

— William Lloyd Garrison