Religion Quotes · Page 599

“The Gospel does not call us to receive Christ as an addition to our life, but as our life.”

— Paul Washer

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.

— Bill Maher

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.

— Dave Davies

“Churches that ignore their communities will not grow, and churches that will not globalize don’t matter much.”

— Calvin Miller

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

— Oswald Chambers

Love represents a total devotion of one persons heart, soul, and body, to another.

— Rashida Rowe

Football doesn’t define me. It’s what I do [and] how I carry out my faith.

— Troy Polamalu

These big questions: Who are we? Where are we? What are we doing here? They never ask that in the mainstream. They…

— David Icke

“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask…

— Charlotte Brontë

“He sent Jesus to come and to talk to us and then allowed him to be killed so that the spirit that…

— Lacey Sturm

Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy…

— Henri Nouwen

I respect religion in general. I respect a lot, but I don't follow any religion. You know, I just follow my personal…

— Juanes

Second, the only proven technique for treatment for chemically dependent people involves use of a spiritual program of self-change.

— Virgil Miller Newton

“Monasticism is not about dogma; it is about God and an authentic spirituality. Its simple truths beckon to be rediscovered.”

— Paul Wilkes

“True prayer has always been primarily concerned with gaining a spiritual rhythm for your life that will empty your heart and let…

— Morgan Guyton

My hermeneutics is when I see verses in Scripture that are "apparent" contradictions - I don't believe they are contradictions - I…

— Rick Warren

100,000 soldiers are reported to have died in the Iraqi war. If you count 100 relatives of each soldier, it means that…

— Sun Myung Moon

“Are you troubled by demons of fear or doubt? Submit those areas to God, repenting of your unbelief, and then yield yourself…

— Francis Frangipane

“He respected the power of faith, the benevolence of churches, the strength religion gave so many people . . . and yet,…

— Dan Brown

Here is my challenge. Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been…

— Christopher Hitchens

“To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I have come to understand that the Lord's richest blessings are spiritual, and they often have to do with family, friends, and…

— Carl B. Pratt

The deeper we look, the more we shall be convinced that the one thing wanting, which we must strive to acquire before…

— Sri Aurobindo

“she had lost her parents, her possessions, and even her identity in the attack, her spirit had survived—”

— Rachel R. Smith

“But sometimes it's the things that require a leap of faith that we need to believe in most of all.”

— Lisa Wingate

“Like many men addicted to sports, Clive Sr. was also a religious man.”

— Richard Russo

Sorting out how faith and social responsibility interact is essential to our spiritual life

— Anonymous

“Meditation on the Holy Scripture is life to your soul.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Religion is not an exact science. Sometimes, of course, neither is science.”

— Terry Pratchett

Science is about explaining the world, and religion is about interpreting it. There shouldn't be any conflict.

— Paul Davies

What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.

— Radhanath Swami

“wasn’t faith believing in something even when you didn’t have irrefutable proof? What”

— Denise Grover Swank

I think everybody's looking for religion to believe in. I think we all need faith.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.

— Lesslie Newbigin

“If we really are spiritual beings living a physical existence, then we have incredible power.”

— Sue Fitzmaurice

You have to have the ultimate faith and belief in what you do.

— Max Scherzer

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

— Jesse Ventura

In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions.

— James McHenry