Religion Quotes · Page 357

The safest place to be in this world is to be in the will of God.

— Lisa

“God desires that we develop spiritual muscle so we are strong enough to be His kind of wife.”

— Elizabeth George

Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.

— Alan Hirsch

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.

— Herbert Hoover

“Faith is evidence unseen and never seen, trust is gained from evidence seen and understood.”

— Gary J Spaulding

Never confuse faith, or belief—of any kind—with something even remotely intellectual.

— John Irving

It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason

— Thomas Aquinas

What a mighty spirit in a narrow bosom. [Ger., Welch' hoher Geist in einer engen Brust.]

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“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

When you're in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it it was a very spiritual time for…

— Henrique Capriles Radonski

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make…

— Anonymous

A fatwa is a religious edict. Such edicts bind only those who seek to follow the Imam issuing them but can be…

— Maajid Nawaz

If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern…

— Steven Weinberg

The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and…

— Sri Aurobindo

To all the other dreamers out there, don't ever stop or let the world's negativity disenchant you or your spirit. If you…

— Adam Green

“And it struck me, in that year, how deeply both faith and doubt are part of my life. We often think of…

— John Ortberg Jr

Jesus is bigger than any one religion. He didn't come to start a new religion, and he continually disrupted whatever conventions or…

— Rob Bell

“In Pioche, Nevade [while in hiding], in April 1871, he [Philip Klingonsmith] made his affidavit regarding the massacre, the first of all…

— Juanita Brooks

“The Book I am thinking about would not be religious in the usual sense, but it would have to discuss many things…

— Alan W. Watts

“Spiritual assets make us more resilient to the trauma and difficult experiences life inevitably throws at us. Since spiritual assets bring us…

— Daniel D. Maurer

In the East all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East everybody is against the ego from the very beginning. Because…

— Rajneesh

“We desire more public space for secularism, space that would recognize secularism as a legitimate moral stance. But we simultaneously desire more…

— Janet Jakobsen

There are two principal points of attention necessary for the preservation of this constant spirit of prayer which unites us with God;…

— Francois Fenelon

“Har' icyumba satani atemerewe kujyamo n'umutima wawe kereste wowe umwemereye”

— Dr Paul Gitwaza

HELL: A place where the police are German, the motorists French and the cooks English.

— Bertrand Russell

“Pray as if everything depends on God and Work as if everything depends on you.”

— Akinduro Francis

The United States Constitution is clear. It prohibits religious tests for public office.

— Jeb Bush

For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

— Rosanne Cash

Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.

— Jean Cocteau

Scientific accuracy confirms the Bible is the Word of God.

— Adrian Rogers

Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is not proven, it's not science. It's more of a religion than a science.

— Steve King

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

— Bill Hybels

Finished things cease to be a shelter for the spirit; but work in progress is a delight.

— Max Frisch

The church is not made up of spiritual giants; only broken men can lead others to the cross.

— David Bosch

“It amazes me when education, religion and family values fail to create a human being.”

— Anum Sattar

“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.”

— Saint Augustine

Fear is the polio of the soul which prevents our walking by faith.

— Clarence Jordan