The truly enlightened are not necessarily very religious. Religon is a convienent description to take care of our fears, to passify us. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of… — Mark Hatfield Copy Share Image
The faith which saves is not one single act done on a certain day: it is an act continued and persevered in… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Strong religious identities survive and thrive. But more than ever before, even in their most conservative iterations, they are chosen. — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
May the Strength of God Pilots us, May the Power of God Preserve us, May the Wisdom of God Instruct us, May… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
If there were never any clouds (sorrows and sufferings) in our lives, we would have no faith. God does not come near… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If the polls are right, our Judeo-Christian heritage is no longer the foundation of our values. We have become a post-Christian society. — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
So, according to the religious, you can only be good if you're scared of the consequences of being bad? Strange, I thought… — David Alan Harvey Copy Share Image
Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Old religious factions are volcanoes burned out; on the lava and ashes and squalid scoriae of old eruptions grow the peaceful olive,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Even if you don’t believe in any God, you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man... , But he never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians - wearing… — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
More than any religious figure that I can think of, Dalai Lama goes out of his way to attend interfaith conferences; religious… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I'm a religious man. I am Jewish but I believe in all religions. I believe in God and see him as an… — Uri Geller Copy Share Image
It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
... if you repeat a thought, or say a word, over and over again-not once, not twice, but dozens, hundreds, thousands of… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
My visual landscape as a child was the inside of a lot of these old churches. And the Baroque drama of the… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
God's dream still remains unfulfilled. It was not fulfilled 2,000 years ago, or in the home of any religious leader or any… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
The very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history's most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms, and persecutions,… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
We are used to discounting the river-gods and dryads of the Greeks as poetical fancies, and even the chief figures in the… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
To accept yourself wherever. you are.... And don't think in terms of competition! You need not be anywhere else. Wherever you are,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
My dad said, "As long as you're happy." I used to think it was kind of a very simple idea or philosophy… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
The tedious and convoluted reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ongoing project to expunge all references to God from the public domain. — Benjamin Hart Copy Share Image
What does it say about our churches today that God birthed the church in a prayer meeting, and prayer meetings today are… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions. — David Barton Copy Share Image
Don't try to understand it. You won't succeed. Don't try to see it. You can't. Try to live it, and you will… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is not saying that the one who hurt you was right. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and he will… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Zen is consciousness unstructured by particular form or particular system, a trans-cultural, trans-religious, transformed consciousness. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The fact that the biblical book Hebrews is not an epistle of St Paul, or of any other apostle, is proved by… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious? — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based… — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
“Amida's unimpeded light is the sun of wisdom that destroys the mind of darkness. (Preface in Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment)” — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader. — James Redford Copy Share Image
The heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of… — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
...the unprecedented rise of the Christian Social Party... was to assume the deepest significance for me as a classical object of study. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
