Religion Quotes · Page 376

The truths of the Bible are never just abstract concepts; they're always related to real people.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.

— Radhanath Swami

We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.

— Francis Chan

Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.

— Anne Lamott

On balance the moral influence of religion has been awful.

— Steven Weinberg

Spend as much time as possible, with body and with spirit in God's out-of-doors.

— Henry Van Dyke

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.

— Tom Clancy

“Just as the light chases the dark away, active faith sends doubt packing!”

— Evinda Lepins

The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the…

— Thomas Paine

“We are not God- loving people; we are God-fearing people; As long as fear exists, religion and rituals will prevail.”

— Gian Kumar

Meanwhile, followers of Eastern religions are sitting in the middle of their minds, experiencing a bliss and a level of consciousness that…

— George Carlin

Spiritual process is not about chanting a mantra or closing your eyes, spiritual process is essentially about enhancing your perception.

— Jaggi Vasudev

“Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wants to make a million dollars, the the best way would…

— L. Ron Hubbard

Every single choice we make is either going to enhance the spirit or drain it. Every day, we're either giving ourselves power…

— Caroline Myss

Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were…

— John Selden

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh.

— John Owen

I went to Catholic school for 12 years and went to church every Sunday. I may not do that anymore but I…

— Jennifer Lopez

“And when our observations of the natural world seem to conflict with our understanding of Scripture, we should look again at both,…

— Wayne A. Grudem

Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes…

— Andrew Dickson White

“The church-growth movement of the 1960s brought many positive insights to the American landscape. However, one negative result is that it focused…

— Verlon Fosner

“Everybody is always touting the division between religion and science… That division is based on a false premise. It simply doesn't exist.…

— A.J. Kazinski

It is said that peace is the basic tenet of all religion. Yet it is in the name of religion that there…

— Taslima Nasrin

“God's grace is the most incredible and insurmountable truth ever to be revealed to the human heart, which is why God has…

— John Bunyan

A ruler who needs religion to help him rule is a weakling. No weakling should rule..

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The gospel is the food of faith... God saves by causing Himself to be known and enjoyed in Christ.

— Herman Bavinck

“Discipleship is not a human offer. The call alone creates the situation.”

— Rodney Combs

A mans spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a prison of his own insecurities

— Jeremy Aldana

Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness.

— Winkie Pratney

Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.

— George Herbert

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

— Saadi

The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.

— Simone Weil

Thought alone cannot recognize spiritual truths no matter how highly developed thought is. It's impossible.

— Eckhart Tolle

In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.

— Anton Chekhov

Presumably, if you see spirit at the moment it gained access, then it'll be dropped.

— Allen Ginsberg

Freedom of speech wasn't won by being nice, it has been won by struggle with religion.

— David Starkey

The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.

— Gustav Mahler

With the Hebrew Bible, you're living in an austere world.

— Frank Moore Cross

There is a powerful desire by majorities to assert a religious identity for the country.

— Jack Balkin

“For us to err, with the Bible in our hands, is the effect of pride, sloth, and carelessness.”

— Matthew Henry