Religion Quotes · Page 674

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

— Francis Bacon

“Religion makes people kill each other. Science supplies them with weapons.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things.

— Van Morrison

As you allow the beloved to grow within you, you will discover a steadfastness to the spiritual journey.

— Jean Houston

One needs no strange spiritual faith to worship the earth.

— John Cowper Powys

“THE BIBLE, IN ALL ITS PARTS, IS INTENDED to communicate to humanity the realities of redemption. Over”

— Sandra L. Richter

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit.

— John Updike

I feel like the people who have no faith in humanity are the same people who have no faith in themselves.

— Anonymous

As you smell the fragrance of a flower by handing it or the smell of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone,…

— Sarada Devi

I'm a socialist. I'm amazed at how the spirit of socialism is alive and well in New York. I had always thought…

— Bertie Carvel

Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free…

— Frank Sinatra

I grew up in a very fundamentalist, evangelical Christian household. Both my parents were born-again - their faith infused every aspect of…

— Craig Thompson

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy…

— Anish Kapoor

The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart,…

— Baron de Montesquieu

America is a great nation, not just because of your power and your wealth, but because of your high ideals, openness, and…

— Lee Hsien Loong

“This is freedom. This is the force of faith. Nobody gets what they want. Never again are you the same. The longing…

— Jorie Graham

I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It…

— Rachel Cusk

“When, in 2012, Newt Gingrich was asked about how his religious beliefs would affect his conduct should he become president, the Republican…

— Candida Moss

I do believe that nice religious people make the world safe for extremists by teaching us [...] that faith is a virtue,…

— Richard Dawkins

“I will tell you what I believe,” he said with simplicity. “I am an artist, and I believe that art is something…

— Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Who is God? Who are we? What is our purpose? All these questions remain unanswered. I want to reach the genuine seeker…

— Ravi Zacharias

America wasn't founded as a theocracy. America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a…

— Gregory A. Boyd

“The substance of all such paganism may be summarised thus. It is an attempt to reach the divine reality through the imagination…

— G.K. Chesterton

The church for too long has followed Casper, the friendly ghost instead of seeking the fire of the Holy Spirit. We have…

— Francis Frangipane

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.

— John Naisbitt

Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.

— Cullen Hightower

The giving up of (a belief in) witchcraft is in effect the giving up of (a beilief in) the Bible.

— John Wesley

Religious advertising is undergoing a dramatic conversion.

— Lisa Miller

“They were up past dawn, crashed, were granted absolution in its secular manifestation of late checkout.”

— Colson Whitehead

All Religions. All This Singing. One Song. Peace Be With You.

— Rumi

“[Religion is] a fantasy [and is] completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil.”

— P.W. Atkins

Lack of world vision in any Christian produces a 'pea-sized Christianity'.

— David Bryant

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God

— Bible

“Jesus would pray to himself and cry. I often do the same.”

— Carl-John X Veraja

“the cosmopolitan gaze of planetary love and hospitality _is_ what constitutes being _religious_.”

— Namsoon Kang

Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.

— Denis Diderot

“I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.

— Lee Strobel

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

— Phil Jackson

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

— Tom Perrotta