“The spiritual rituals of Native American Christian communities are perceived as exotic pagan practices that dabble in syncretism and are inferior to… — Soong-Chan Rah Copy Share Image
If you misuse the things you have been given, God has the ability to take your talent away. That's the way it… — Ryan Babel Copy Share Image
“Even in its canonical form a biblical document may be better understood if account be taken of successive stages in its composition.… — F.F. Bruce Copy Share Image
“Freedom of religion in America is all fine and good until you start believing in nothing, and then it is a crime… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Whenever a religion tightens it's rules, a significant number of people break away and go in search of more freedom in their… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything… — David Hume Copy Share Image
My mom would say I'm a good kid... but I put them through a lot. I was rejecting religion and, not permanently,… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
“1) There exist instances of intense suffering which an omnipotent, omniscient being could have prevented without thereby losing some greater good or… — William L. Rowe Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If our spiritual past is somber and painful, let us try to simplify it, by acquiring true dedications that will assist us… — Chico Xavier Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, back in the torture room, the cardinal is now being forced to bleed into a chalice and consecrate his own blood,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Gold? Yellow, glittering, precious gold?... This yellow slave Will knit and break religions, bless th' accursed, Make the hoar leprosy adored, place… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Preachers are heralds, who in representing their King proclaim a message with such clarity and integrity that those who hear will hopefully… — Julius J. Kim Copy Share Image
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
Everyone receives spiritual formation, just as everyone gets an education. The only question is whether it is a good one or a… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
They that are of the flesh cannot do the works of the Spirit, neither can they that are spiritual do the works… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
“...[T]he right way is to give one's attention first to the highest good of the young, just as you expect a good… — Plato Copy Share Image
Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
“ROM2.29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mythology is often defined as 'other peoples' religions', religion can be thought of as misinterpreted mythology. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I still lack a political, religious and philosophical world view - I change it every month - and so I'll have to… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Phantoms in general are nothing more than trifling disorders of the spirit; images we cannot contain within the bounds of sleep. — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel,… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
I think the people can bash Catholics because they know Catholics won't kill them. Quite frankly, there's some religions out there, you… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
“Worry has everything to do with lack of faith, and lack of faith has a lot to do with not believing in… — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
“What I want most of all is that you live in uprightness and freedom of spirit, no matter how difficult that may… — Susan Campbell Bartoletti Copy Share Image
Mental and spiritual laws are so powerful that they can be used to multiply, neutralize, or even reverse natural laws! — Catherine Ponder Copy Share Image
Kids will always find something to pick on, whether it's your color, your religion, the way you look, your size. You try… — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
No two persons think alike, even if they outwardly profess the same faith, so we have as many religions in Christianity as… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
There is no other life; life itself is only a vision and a dream for nothing exists but space and you. If… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“A colorful body with fabrics, tattoos and jewelry is attractive, but a colorful heart with love, truth and faith is beautiful.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Calvinist, which is doctrine-driven. And though there are many things wrong with Calvinism, you are at least… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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