Most of us come to the church by a means the church does not allow. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think very few people in Canada are seeking - to regulate any public expressions of individuals' religions. — Jason Kenney Copy Share Image
We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life. — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
“In the matters of religion, it is very hard to deceive a man, and very hard to undeceive him.” — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
What's different about the Gospel of Thomas is that, instead of focusing entirely on who Jesus is and the wonderful works of… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“The driver thought I was crazy—but then his religion thinks stoning a woman to death for adultery is reasonable, so I figured… — Terry Hayes Copy Share Image
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the way of the Sacramentarians, nor sat in the seat of the Zwinglians,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“They use a training manual instead of sacred scriptures, with promotion and a high salary as their equivalent of enlightenment and paradise.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Man has not really vanquished Shamanism and its spooks till he possesses the strength to lay aside not only the belief in… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
The spirit of wrath - not the words - is the sin; and the spirit of wrath is cursing. We begin to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids that my parents had faith in me and I had faith in myself. Anything anybody told… — Robert Covington Copy Share Image
When we approach fundraising in a spirit of gratitude, our confidence in our mission does not depend on how the person we… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Jesus’s gospel is not about a cosmic religious apocalypse upon rebellious pagans. His gospel is about a new messianic kingdom where He… — Hugh Halter Copy Share Image
“He said, "Son, when did you stop reading your Bible? All of our stories are in the Bible. God has already written… — Nik Ripkin Copy Share Image
“The ethics of the Sermon on the Mount are nothing less than extraordinary. To look at them as something that can be… — Stephen J. Nichols Copy Share Image
“I can imagine that the oceanic feeling could become connected with religion later on. That feeling of oneness with the universe which… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith-rival stories of… — Michael Ruse Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental difference between separation of church and state and denying the spiritual heritage of this country. Inscribed on the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“The ungodly like religion in the same way that they like lions, either dead or behind bars;” — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
There is no detour to holiness, Jesus came to the resurrection through the cross, not around it. — Leighton Ford Copy Share Image
In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“I don't judge or believe in any religion, I'm just learning from their divine esoteric stories.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Time isn't what makes a friendship last...It's love and devotion that keeps the tie between souls. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spirit is passionate; without passion no one can be truly spiritual. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Every human being is a Muslim by nature, not by religious practice. By nature! — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
“There is not enough religion in the world to destroy the world’s religions.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine." — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
If you want to be led by the Spirit of God, then devote yourself to the Word of God. — J. D. Greear Copy Share Image
If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
