Adversity in the things of this world opens the door for spiritual salvation. — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. — Gertrude Himmelfarb Copy Share Image
A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all. — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The means and the results, the good and the bad, are within all of us who are aware and care. — Suman Jyoty Bhante Copy Share Image
Through some combination of culture and biology, our minds are intuitively receptive to religion. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I think people who are religious are more likely to want one around, but it's a very secular position. — John Green Copy Share Image
“The resurrection is to be like a child, but with a difference. The difference is that we have freedom with wisdom instead… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
In general, what we really want is a feeling when we read anything that the author has explored the territory as dutifully… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
“I guess God can be whatever God wants to be. Maybe God's so great that even our little rules about material reality… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
Just as the right relationship with Christ generates a Christian, so the proper relationship with the Holy Spirit breeds a spiritual man. — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“They ate in religious silence, the corners of their mouths smeared with ricotta cream. Which, the rules say, must be removed with… — Andrea Camilleri Copy Share Image
When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it;… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither the power nor the prestige of the… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
This huge and terrible industry [the slave trade] was blessed by all churches and for a long time aroused absolutely no religious… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
"Religion" can no more be equated with what goes on in churches than "education" can be reduced to what happens in schools… — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
My conservative brothers and sisters seem to argue that God revealed everything to us in scripture. Ever since, it has simply been… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
“Finally, in terms of overall spiritual intelligence—which we have been briefly tracking—on the other side of the leading edge of evolution we… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
A similar move is underway in the British Parliament. Earlier this month, more than 30 religious leaders and scholars wrote Secretary of… — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
“Wanting to become a better person is just the beginning of your journey. You must become enlightened to feel the pain and… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Just as my fingers on these keys make music, so the self-same sounds on my spirit make a music too. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
“With my meagre knowledge of my own religion i do not want to belong to any religious body” — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Church is not a movement but a meeting place, the trysting-place of all the truths in the world — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Physics put people in spiritual harm, the same way pimps put people in physical harm. — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“Religious fanaticism is simply good politics in the middle-eastern countries.” — James Aldridge Copy Share Image
A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
“If you want to find religion, then follow man ... If you want to find spirituality, then seek God.” — Christine Upton Copy Share Image
The heart of their [Walsingham Witnesses] religion seemed to lie in disproving the religion of others. — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
If one has belief, knowledge is lacking. If one has knowledge, belief is unnecessary. — David Eller Copy Share Image
Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones to see what God really has in store for us. Step with… — Surgeo Bell Copy Share Image
Never give in, never surrender, Never allow despair to overcome your spirit. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
It really takes a hero to live any kind of spiritual life without religious belief. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“The work of the church is not survival. She exists to fulfill the Great Commission.” — Brother Andrew Copy Share Image