Religion Quotes · Page 737

The monastic folks have the spirit of being in the world but not of the world, sort of peculiar people who have…

— Shane Claiborne

Virtue is only a conflict by which we get the mastery of our failings; that, by which every man proves his peculiar…

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above…

— Julia Ward Howe

“All worldviews, therefore, end in an eschatology and all efforts at reformation are animated by faith in the future.”

— Herman Bavinck

Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than…

— Anonymous

What I do is very spiritual to me. I can't really connect with things unless they are spiritual in nature, so I…

— Lynn Collins

There are always people who will - who will do peculiar things and think that they are doing things in the name…

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.

— William Shakespeare

Whether the Bible is Law or Gospel depends on the spiritual condition of the one hearing it. If someone is regenerate and…

— Douglas Wilson

“The Bible is a work of art. Were it not art, were it simply an instruction manual, it would not satisfy or…

— Willis Barnstone

We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will…

— James Madison

“have not some religions, including the most influential forms of Christianity, taught that the heart of man is totally corrupt? How could…

— John Dewey

Rather than an excess of firearms there's a shortage of faith and family that has a lot more to do with what…

— Kate O'Beirne

“...there must be a renewal of the spirit of our forefathers, an appreciation of the American way of life, a strengthening of…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Most important of all, individual believers can experience the power of the risen Christ in their lives today. First of all, they…

— Josh McDowell

Food for her is not food, it is terror, dignity, gratitude, vengeance, joyfulness, humiliation, religion, history, and, of course, love. As if…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

All the power of the occult healer lies in his conscious will, and all his art consists in producing faith in the…

— Eliphas Levi

I believe in freedom, I'm for a world without borders. But that's an ideal. On a practical level, I'm for a secular…

— Shahin Najafi

It's not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it's when you realize that you don't…

— William Faulkner

Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.

— Lord Acton

“When faithful Christianity is defined primarily as, “protecting the truth, insulating our children, and surviving the onslaught of competing thoughts,” the battle…

— David T. Olson

You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard…

— Edward de Bono

“All believers must learn the habit of inwardly redirecting thoughts toward faith, hope and love, and away from the lies that create…

— Steve Backlund

“It is because the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect. That death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone…

— Mitch Albom

The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is…

— Francis Schaeffer

When you travel to a new country, your spirit has to catch up with you. I love going for a run when…

— Jihae

“He'd only read a little of Bible, but from everything he heard about Jesus, he didn't thing the man would be especially…

— Marshall Thornton

The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future.

— Thomas Keating

God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over all shall…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

“The one who lives as his worldly name [as the relative self], he will have worries for sure; the one who lives…

— Dada Bhagwan

Of what use were it, pray, to get a little wood to burn, to warm your body this cold weather, if there…

— Henry David Thoreau

Jimmy Baldwin was not only a writer, an international literary figure: he was a man, spirit, voice - old and black and…

— Amiri Baraka

“Believing the gospel is not only the way we become Christians, it is the power that enables us to do, every moment…

— J.D. Greear

It's not a struggle to be on a diet. You feel lighter, and your spirit is lighter, too. But I love chocolate,…

— Juliette Binoche

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a…

— John Nelson Darby

If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they…

— Voltaire

“He didn't subscribe to the view...that spirituality was a fast track to happiness. He believed the opposite was true: spiritual people suffered…

— Sophie Hannah

When you have people together who believe in something very strongly - whether it's religion or politics or unions - things happen.

— Cesar Chavez

“Great evil can only be fought by the strong. People need spiritual fuel as much as they need food, water, and air.…

— Claudia Gray

In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the…

— Nelson Mandela