Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Seriously, we should start taxing churches and have tax-exempt places for worship and study of nature and art. Charge ten bucks for… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
Many times I looked in the mirror and didn't see anything. Couldn't see anything. I didn't see anything in the mirror. It… — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
The bigger-is-better form of evangelism may have passed, .. The emerging generation has been so advertised, media-tised and oversold that the smaller,… — Craig Detweiler Copy Share Image
Any false religion ultimately is a deception of Satan, to try and keep people from the only way to Heaven, which is… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, we should all be trying to spread love and positivity, and that's what faith continues to… — Maria Taylor Copy Share Image
When love overflows and is expressed through every word & deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The Bible, of course, is not a theology book. It is certainly not a philosophy book. So we have to derive the… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Curiosity restores is a state of heightened awareness. Culturally, this has been considered a child's activity. By the time we're grown, we're… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
“By diverting the Dionysian impulse into special rites on special days, the orgy kept it under control, preventing it from surfacing in… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Contact with the sacred occurs in the stillness of the heart and mind. If there is any real destination to the spiritual… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Omnipotent-benevolent simply means that God is all-powerful and well-meaning.' 'I understand the concept. It's just . . . there seems to be… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and… — A. Theodore Tuttle Copy Share Image
“If America upholds God's eternal standards and follows His unchanging ways, then it will be blessed with His favor...His protection...His prosperity…But if… — Jonathan Cahn Copy Share Image
“I haven't lost my faith, but I've lost my religion. I still believe in something so deeply. ... I've never really gotten… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“All love tends to become like that which it loves. God loved man; therefore He became man. For nine months her own… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
If you leave the church service thinking about how good the pastor was, he has missed the mark. If you leave consumed… — Howard G. Hendricks Copy Share Image
Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
When we undertake to cover our sins, . . . behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved;… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As you smell the fragrance of a flower by handing it or the smell of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone,… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
The sinner can no more raise himself from the deadness of sin than Lazarus, who had been dead four days, until Jesus… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very fundamentalist, evangelical Christian household. Both my parents were born-again - their faith infused every aspect of… — Craig Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
The bane of sects, especially in Bengal, is that if any one happens to have a different opinion, he immediately starts a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“The idea that God “always wills healing” has been a destructive distortion in the Christian community. The pastoral problems emanating from this… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
When the human being hears music, he has a sense of wellbeing, because these tones harmonize with what he has experienced in… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
“you could cry, get worried or angry like any other human being, as long as you remembered that up above your spirit… — Paolo Coelho Copy Share Image
There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us… — Cecil Frances Alexander Copy Share Image
You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
My whole childhood was about being in the garden. It wasn't really a religious place to me. The love I felt there...… — Rula Jebreal Copy Share Image
Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around… — Mathew Staver Copy Share Image
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“This is freedom. This is the force of faith. Nobody gets what they want. Never again are you the same. The longing… — Jorie Graham Copy Share Image
It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned. — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
People who only listen to preachers have a tendency to put them on a pedestal, but those who live with preachers recognize… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
In its permission to man to render subject to him all other living creatures of the earth, it continued the cruelty of… — Ouida Copy Share Image
