Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
When you put your total faith in God, no matter what happens, to a person who's a true believer, if you die,… — Jim Bakker Copy Share Image
Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available.… — David Alan Harvey Copy Share Image
“When our founders spoke of the “pursuit of happiness,” they did not mean long vacations or the piling up of things. Happiness… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“In our nineteenth century the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. Certain things have been unlearnt, and this is good, provided other… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There's nothing hippie about my picture of Christ. The Gospels paint a picture of a very demanding, sometimes divisive love, but love… — Bono Copy Share Image
“We dream of travels throughout the universe: is not the universe within us? We do not know the depths of our spirit.… — Novalis Copy Share Image
A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love; with less bowing down… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
People are usually too busy counting the things they don't have. They notice how much more money their neighbor has, how much… — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
“Why is the cross the symbol of our faith? To find the answer look no farther than the cross itself. Its design… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“It’s inconvenient and it’s maddening and it’s frustrating and it’s sometimes painfully difficult to love another person, even or especially our own… — Danya Ruttenberg Copy Share Image
To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“The time and moment of Ancient and Medieval is gone, a new change is sought from within by the lifeforce a moment… — Maitreya Rudrabhayananda Copy Share Image
“As part of our interpretive task, then, we must distinguish between kingdom values and cultural values within the biblical text. With every… — William J. Webb Copy Share Image
The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of… — David Kirk Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us. — George Muller Copy Share Image
The strength of opening manhood is never so well employed as in practicing subserviency to God's revealed will; it lends a grace… — Richard Mant Copy Share Image
“Whence it is evident that the perfect religion committed to us by the teaching of Christ is not new and strange, but,… — Eusebius Copy Share Image
Music is a strange thing. I would almost say it is a miracle. For it stands halfway between thought and phenomenon, between… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“Human beings are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
All so-called revealed religions consist mainly of three portions, a cosmogony more or less mythical, a history more or less falsified, and… — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image
If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you… — Jupiter Hammon Copy Share Image
Faith and initiative rightly combined, remove mountains, barriers and achieve the unheard of and the miraculous. — Henry Chester Copy Share Image
Most of the myths that we carry about spirituality are because we have been dominated by this hyper-masculine trance. — Arjuna Ardagh Copy Share Image
Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is oversimplified and underestimated, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Religion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very… — Andy Griffith Copy Share Image
When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In deep confusion, in great despair, when I reach out for him, he is there. When I am lonely as I can… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“When our faith can firmly grasp the Deity of our adorable Lord—and on this precious doctrine may it never waver!—there is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is a remarkable fact that all the heresies which have arisen in the Christian Church have had a decided tendency to… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“One must beckon the spiritual warrior inside oneself whenever it is necessary for the task at hand. Courage is the fuel. Healing… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest lesson [Huxley] learned from reading Carlyle was that real religion, that emotive feeling for Truth and Beauty, could flourish… — Adrian Desmond Copy Share Image
I've got this theory that human beings are innately religious; we have a belief system. It doesn't have to be a theist… — Tana French Copy Share Image
The only real source of historical information about pre-Islamic Mecca and the circumstances of the Koran's revelation is the classical Islamic story… — Toby Lester Copy Share Image