Religion Quotes · Page 699

When there are no conflicts In you, between material wealth and spiritual life, you have found yourself.

— Ruben Papian

Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.

— Gene Clark

Your plan is great, but God knows the better plan more than you .

— Anonymous

I'm a scientist. We don't talk about the spirit. Soul is a four letter word in our tradition.

— Candace Pert

I believe in empathy. When religion provides that for people, it's the best thing in the world.

— Demetri Martin

Somehow, we have gotten off track from the basics of health and spirituality, and we get in our own way.

— Alice McCall

I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science.

— A. J. Jacobs

Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.

— Timothy Keller

Like a river my life hurries by If I jump in perhaps I might drown But if I don't then my spirit…

— Asking Alexander

The fact that the biblical book Hebrews is not an epistle of St Paul, or of any other apostle, is proved by…

— Martin Luther

I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

In the gospel of Jesus, sincere and costly discipleship always accompanies genuine conversion. The gospel of Jesus teaches men that a mere…

— Paul Washer

There's an element of fervor and passion that you can't describe when it comes to people who, their faith literally might cost…

— Joel Houston

Complete surrender usually happens through living. Your very life is the ground where that happens. There may be a partial surrender and…

— Eckhart Tolle

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human…

— E. O. Wilson

“And of course, a religious worldview stands in the way of all of that.  It’s not enough to have the right answer…

— Noah Lugeons

I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the…

— Alan Dershowitz

My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams. So I've…

— Ziggy Marley

Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the…

— John Lennon

“The greatest gift that anyone can give anyone is LIFE. And the greatest sin a person can do is to take away…

— James McBride

As actors, the magic is in the almost spiritual experience to really enter another world, to really enter a belief of being…

— Karen Allen

Vital parishes built on the Bible and the sacraments, committed to evangelizing their neighborhoods, will continue to flourish. The poor will be…

— George Weigel

When we think of training ourselves in godliness, we usually think of the traditional spiritual disciplines, but it can also be practical…

— Kenneth Boa

“Here we are [at BYU] doing what is not done in any other major university of which I am aware. We are…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Justification by faith is the key to eliminating racism.

— Shai Linne

I've never voted. I've never voted yet although I could have voted for the last ten years.

— John Lennon

“Often we do not know what we can endure until after a trial of our faith.”

— Robert D. Hales

For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

— Christopher Smart

Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks.

— Ignazio Silone

“The Faithful God called all believers into a sweet fellowship with his Son, Christ Jesus.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

— Claude M. Bristol

The multitude of false churches accredits the true religion.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Church is not a museum to display perfect people, but a hospital for the hurting.

— John Osteen

Many people have just enough natural religion to make them immune to the real thing.

— Billy Graham

Our religion teaches that anger is a great sin, even if it is "righteous".

— Swami Vivekananda

Separation of church and state should never mean separation of God and right.

— Tony Evans

“Hope and faith underlie a promise, and love energizes men to realize it.”

— Toba Beta

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

— William Blake

I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion.

— Naomie Harris

Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.

— Henry Ward Beecher