Religions become corrupted when leaders are assigned to explain God's will to people instead of showing them how to find this direction… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
“Two hungry wolves let loose among sheep are not more harmful then a person craving after wealth and status is to his… — al-Haafidh ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee Copy Share Image
You are a Christian only so long as you constantly pose critical questions to the society you live in, so long as… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Electronic communication makes possible what has previously been excluded: namely, active, simultaneous and reciprocal contact between individuals across all frontiers constituted by… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to "bend"… — Henry Lipson Copy Share Image
Any faith of more than 1.6 billion people is going to have some of them who falsely justify actions on that faith. — Ibrahim Hooper Copy Share Image
I've got friends who totally disagree on politics, religion, cultural things, but at the core, we're the same people. — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it.… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
“Using your wealth to purchase other people’s loyalty is a game as old as humanity itself. Rich men use their wealth to… — Gregory F. Fegel Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Religious fetichism finds its original motive in the delusion that its object, i.e., the idol, is not a mere symbol, but possesses… — Richard von Krafft-Ebing Copy Share Image
The Bible contains all the extant revelations of God, which He designed to be the rule of faith and practice for his… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Evidence is mounting that faith-based service programs are often more successful than other programs in correcting social problems. [It is wrong] for… — Ronald J. Sider Copy Share Image
Jesus of Nazareth was the most famous human being who ever lived on this planet, and he had no infrastructure, and it's… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“If you want to expel religion from our European civilization, you can only do it by means of another system of doctrines;… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think religion is a bunch of hooey, and I think that the holidays are an opportunity for people to get stressed… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
“goal of spirituality is not to extract from you all desire and passion. The call of Jesus is the exact opposite—delight” — Erwin Raphael McManus Copy Share Image
It is important to bear in mind the now commonly accepted fact that in its primitive stages, religion had nothing to do… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
The pastor who cares about the spiritual growth of his people must make God and His Word the centerpiece of his ministry. — Steven J. Law Copy Share Image
“Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. George Washington, Revolutionary… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Don't you see? I'm not the spirit of any age. I'm at odds with everything and always have been! I have never… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
As, in religion, man is governed by the products of his own brain, so in capitalistic production, he is governed by the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Ask a true scientist a very profound question on his science, and he will be silent. Ask a true religious person a… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
There's a wonderful woodland, spiritual song I wrote in Undercliff in Lyme Regis, and I used to walk up there with my… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
“If you look back on a period of psychological or spiritual growth, you’ll generally find that it’s when you’ve let go of… — Ian Watson Copy Share Image
“World’s religions are conceptual. There are two parts in these concepts! One is auspicious and the other is inauspicious. World’s religions are… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Judaism is not a dogmatic religion but one which loves debate, in which scholarship has played a big part. Scholars never agree… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
My soul is always lifted up, and my spirit cheered and comforted, when I hear good music. I rejoice in it very… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
“If the United Nations wants to do something to be remembered forever, I guess that would be freeing people from insanity of… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
True spirituality is the acceptance of earth-life. A true seeker is he who accepts life, transforms life and perfects life so that… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
“I believe in my religion and in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of mankind. What did your… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
I still have this unrealistic faith, that one day, my ship will come in. More people will discover, understand and buy my… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
Enlightened teachers are not logical. They don't function from levels that are understandable to the human mind. They're not religious. Religions form… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“As for workout clothes, Bowerman told readers that proper clothing “may help the spirit,” but added that people shouldn’t get hung up… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“The man or woman who proclaims devotion to the cause of liberation yet is unable to enter into communion with the people,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
My spirit life very much depends on my work. My work very much depends on my spirit life. And I pray every… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn’t. It’s not a matter of opinion. You can have… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
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