Religion Quotes · Page 616

Priests focus on the spiritual. As a lay person I could show people how to be good Catholics in the world.

— Bo Sanchez

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

— James Madison

“As long as we were living in the spirit we would continue to be blessed”

— Crystal Flanagan

“The cultivation of consumer spirituality is the antithesis of a sacrificial, "deny yourself" congregation.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

My music is my soul speaking, literally. It's spiritual. It has a lot of feelings, a lot of pain.

— Anuel AA

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.

— John Wesley

Humble spirits are free to love and to be who they are. They have no artificial standards to live up to.

— Gary Zukav

The principle of literature is devotion to the particulars of life.

— Carol Bly

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just citizen, I would seek him among the…

— John Tyndall

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable…

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

“In both her sacramental life and in her proclamation of the Word, the Church constitutes a distinctive subject whose memory preserves the…

— Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI

Choosing joy involves spiritual surrender, and sometimes we would rather hold on to the pain than surrender our egos.

— Marianne Williamson

And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that…

— Quran

If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of…

— Ramakrishna

In too many modern churches there is no emphasis on theology at all. There is a kind of justification by works or…

— Robertson Davies

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

— Mary Douglas

Being inquisitive is an understatement. The answer lies in the question itself, all you need to do is listen, think, get some…

— Anonymous

A hundred years ago, in this country, we were more comfortable with these discussions [of past lives, touching the spiritual world, collective…

— Mehmet Oz

The resurrection is not a static and an isolated event fixed in the past, but the unleashing of a power and force…

— Frank Griswold

In this tradition a story is 'holy,' and it is used as medicine," she told Radiance magazine. "The story is not told…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The word mystical is an even worse word than spirituality - that artists take drugs, and then they add some crazy extra…

— Chris Martin

The quest for this unwearied peace is constant and universal. Probe deeply into the teaching of Buddha, Maimonides, or a Kempis, and…

— Anonymous

It comes to me every day of my life that a home spirit is being awakened amongst us, that as a nation…

— Gustav Stickley

I know that it is often difficult to stand up for one's beliefs when they are being harshly challenged. But as one…

— Ronald Reagan

If the gospel is only for the learned, how few there are of us who could have any use for it.

— J. Reuben Clark

“Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life.”

— Albert Einstein

For our Spring 2015 collection, I was inspired by the spirit of the artist Francoise Gilot.

— Tory Burch

We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.

— C. S. Lewis

Creativity is a religion. When you get into it, you will find your life becomes more spiritual.

— Jason Mraz

“The power of God's faith will do miracles when you are a true believer.”

— Ramona Matta

“Myth # 2: The unchurched are turned off by denominational names in the church name.”

— Thom S. Rainer

If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England.

— Paul Harris

We're people of faith so we just try and approach everything with prayer.

— Karen Pence

Thanks to the restored gospel, we know our spirits lived before we were born into this mortal existence.

— John Bytheway

What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.

— C. S. Lewis

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.

— John Adams

The Holy Guardian Angel is the spiritual Sun of the Soul of the Adept.

— Aleister Crowley

As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.

— Shane Claiborne

“Criticize yourself before you criticize religions, if religion wasn't, security wouldn't have been.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.

— Henry David Thoreau