Religion Quotes · Page 498

As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

— Swami Vivekananda

Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.

— Tariq Ali

“Destiny waits in the hand of god, shaping the still unshapen..”

— T.S. Eliot

Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Gratitude develops faith. The surest path out of a slump is marked by the road sign "thank you, God."

— Max Lucado

“The Gospel never has a better name than when it goes forth in a manner beyond reproach.”

— Kevin Belmonte

“Rap started on the street, and religion is everywhere, even on the streets.”

— Ebony A. Utley

What the Church should be telling him [the carpenter] is this: that the very first demand that his religion makes upon him…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Who are beneficiaries of the Court's protection? Members of various minorities including criminals, atheists, homosexuals, flag burners, illegal immigrants (including terrorists), convicts,…

— Pat Buchanan

The Pledge of Allegiance was founded on ideals of religious freedom, and has been a valuable part of our national life for…

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

I don't feel God is what people have said He is throughout generations. For me it's a faith. People sometimes lose the…

— Guy Sebastian

“Man’s mind, as well as his feet and devotion, wander easily, and we are readily given to changing our minds. Our attention…

— Rousas John Rushdoony

“Whilst we are in the body, we need a change even in spiritual things; and this change the Lord has graciously provided…

— George Mueller

Negative thinking will always lead to failure and nervous prostration; but positive faith- positive thinking -will lead you towards happy, healthy, and…

— Albert E Cliffe

Hope the holiday spirit keeps you from ending our friendship after I became excessively intoxicated at your holiday party.

— Anonymous

I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it…

— Steve Allen

A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments…

— Jack Kornfield

[Children] are taught that it is a virtue to accept statements without adequate evidence, which leaves them a prey to quacks of…

— John B. S. Haldane

Religious liberty is misunderstood. It simply means that the Founders said that everyone in America should have the freedom to practice and…

— Eric Metaxas

Stick to the old truths and the old paths, and learn their di- vineness by sick-beds and in every-day work, and do…

— Charles Kingsley

For hundreds of years the world was wrapped in a veil of spiritual darkness, until there was not one fundamental truth belonging…

— Joseph Fielding Smith

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive. Impart as much as you can…

— Albert Schweitzer

The longer I live the more I am convinced that neither age nor circumstance needs to deprive us of energy and vitality.…

— Norman Vincent Peale

“Maybe when we face a tragedy, someone, somewhere is preventing a bigger tragedy from happening.”

— Kamand Kojouri

We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.

— Thomas S. Monson

“Faith seeks, understanding finds. This is why the prophet says, ‘Unless you believe, you will not understand”

— Augustine of Hippo

Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter.

— Anonymous

There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.

— Ming-Dao Deng

If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith.

— Martin Luther

Production is not something physical, material, and external; it is a spiritual and intellectual phenomenon.

— Ludwig von Mises

People hand over the power to you withimmense faith. It's your job to ensure tough implementation of laws.

— Raj Thackeray

Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear.

— Bertrand Russell

No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.

— Thomas Jefferson

You can't solve a spiritual problem with politics. You may as well as throw the Parliament to a drowning man.

— Sinead O'Connor

“No mere mortal can do what the Son of man did; Christ Jesus sacrifice is life to save mankind.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I would have met Jesus sooner if not for Christians who led double lives.

— Keith Green

Never under-estimate the faith of a little child. It can move mountains but they won't even think of it.

— Terry Mark

All means prove but blunt instruments, if they have not behind them a living spirit.

— Albert Einstein

The power of prayer and faith in God is something that has guided so many of us in good times and bad.

— Kim Reynolds