Religion Quotes · Page 500

A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness.

— Oswald Chambers

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

— Pope Francis

“The power of desire is a divine. Desire to live by faith.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Anyone who has grown spiritually, mentally or physically knows that growth is not found in comfort. My”

— Brooke Castillo

As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit

— Yamaoka Tesshu

We must substitute fear for faith, for fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.

— Florence Scovel Shinn

Christianity must be regarded not as a final revelation but as a phase of revelation.

— Rebecca West

The future not being born, my friend, we will abstain from baptizing it.

— George Meredith

Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular…

— Joseph Campbell

There is a Sunday conscience as well as a Sunday coat; and those who make religion a secondary concern put the coat…

— Charles Dickens

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

— Andy Garcia

Everything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a blessing. Being a father feels amazing. This has been the most spiritual…

— Ricky Martin

I'm spiritual. I'm religious. I'm a strong Christian and I'm a Catholic but I go to a Presbyterian Church. Occasionally I go…

— Wesley Clark

From the colour the nature And by the nature the sign! Beatific spirits welding together As in one ash-tree in Ygdrasail.

— Ezra Pound

No outside power can break the inside spirit to unrest us if we have an indomitable trust on Almighty first as the…

— Anuj Somany

I believe with all my heart that the Bible is the infallible word of God. I therefore believe that, whatever it says,…

— Jerry Falwell

For the religious, passivism [i.e., objects are obedient to the laws of nature] provides a clear role of God as the author…

— Brian Ellis

“Later, in my adulthood, I will read the book again, even watch the movie, and understand that I wasn’t equipped, as a…

— Deborah Feldman

“Because religious beliefs and experiences cannot be reliably validated through logical deduction or observational induction, validation occurs only by satisfying the emotions…

— Scott Atran

“According to Adam One, the Fall of Man was multidimensional. The ancestral primates fell out of the trees; then they fell from…

— Margaret Atwood

“Art is long. Life is short, but it deserves our attentive devotion. Embrace life. No person has a monopoly on wisdom. Despite…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

You have within yourself the answer to every question you propose - if you only knew how to look for it. In…

— Anthony de Mello

I have never really thought of myself as a writer about religion. And I think one of the things that happened to…

— Salman Rushdie

What I've taken from my spiritual study is the wisdom of living a balanced life. My spiritual path has also helped me…

— Corinne McLaughlin

Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes

— Martin Luther

“The greatest Church is within you, and it is made of love, courage and conscience.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined.

— Nathanael Emmons

If God exists, then we are spiritual beings, and we have souls, and we are noble inherently.

— Penn Badgley

Jesus put his life on the line because He trusted that His Father had a greater plan.

— Dan Ellis

Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion.

— Pope John Paul II

He lives century after century, and the test I set for him he has passed.

— Meera

I have a very loving grandmother who instills guidance and responsibility and faith in myself.

— Jade Cargill

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

— Douglas Hurd

Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.

— Adam Clarke

A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.

— Don DeLillo

The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.

— Euripides

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

— Karl Barth

The idea that consciousness is the ground of being is the basis of all spiritual traditions.

— Amit Goswami

“Science Fiction: Any scientific acclaim that omits God.”

— Johnny Hart

What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

— Abu Bakar Bashir