Religion Quotes · Page 659

“...evangelicalism is not not so much a religion as a series of fast-moving personality cults.”

— Frank Schaeffer

Out of the Roman States there is no country where I am Pope except the United States.

— Pope Gregory XVI

I am one of those old-fashioned ministers who believe the whole Bible and everything that it contains.

— Anonymous

I'm glad He had the never while staring into space, to give this universe a time and place.

— George Strait

Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.

— Okakura Kakuzo

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

— Patrick Henry

I gave up religious thinking a long time ago and am really just an agnostic now.

— John Hurt

I can't say enough, how important my faith is to how I play the game and who I am.

— Stephen Curry

When we undertake to cover our sins, . . . behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved;…

— Dallin H. Oaks

The Bible, of course, is not a theology book. It is certainly not a philosophy book. So we have to derive the…

— Dallas Willard

When love overflows and is expressed through every word & deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage…

— Bill Hybels

I am an atheist and do not know the meaning of the 'religious pain' that is felt by believers of every cast…

— Tariq Ali

“Painting and religious experience are the same thing, and what we are all searching for is the understanding and realization of infinity.”

— Ben Nicholson

“He, Cromwell, says to his visitors, just tell them this, and tell them loud: to each monk, one bed: to each bed,…

— Hilary Mantel

The Sun Stone, the famous Aztec calendar, is unquestionably a perfect summary of science, philosophy, art and religion.

— Samael Aun Weor

Nothing else matters much...not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is…

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

“Unless some people are commissioned for the task, there will be no gospel preachers; unless the gospel is preached, sinners will not…

— John Stott

Hinduism, Confucianism, and Buddhism are huge traditions of enormous importance, and they aren't monotheistic. Again, this reflects the fact that our preconceptions…

— Robert Neelly Bellah

“Ego is more interested in proclaiming its existence than in basking in the limitless energy of real spirituality. I entreat you to…

— Elizabeth Lesser

The future of the church is also about looking back and looking at where we see these wonderful renewals and what we…

— Shane Claiborne

A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

My main interest... is the love of truth, whether pleasant or not. Truth is self-sufficient, and there is nothing to which it…

— George Sarton

“Will not taste death” means exactly what it says. Our principal confusion with it is that we persistently misinterpret everything he says…

— Rogier Fentene Van Vlissingen

I believe that the faith heritage of this country is actually a very important part of America's culture.

— Mitt Romney

Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.

— Roger Sherman

I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society.

— Anonymous

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

— Bible

You are not given the light by anyonenot even by a spiritual teacher. You are that light.

— Ritu Ghatourey

You do not need a great faith, but faith in a great God.

— Hudson Taylor

Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith.

— George Carey

My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it.

— Anne Carson

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.

— Pope John Paul I

A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.

— Jon Stewart

“In silence alone does a man's truth bind itself together and strike root.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Mission is both the announcement and the demonstration of the reign of God through Christ.

— Michael Frost

Among all nations, through the darkest polytheism glimmer some faint sparks of monotheism.

— Immanuel Kant

The Church gives more time, thought, and money to recreation and sport than to prayer.

— Samuel Chadwick

The best organizations regard the nurturing of their employees as a spiritual mandate.

— Nancy Pearcey