Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is not simply a theological treatise, a code of laws, a religious homily, but the Bible - the book - while… — Herrick Johnson Copy Share Image
Wherever thou goest, whatever thou dost at home, or abroad, in the field, or at church, do all in a desire of… — William Law Copy Share Image
You can point to the alleged miracles of the Bible, or any other religious text, but they are nothing but old stories… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The US is also unusual in the enormous scale of religious fundamentalism. The impact on understanding of the world is extraordinary. In… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way.… — Pete Postlethwaite Copy Share Image
Often a man goes on for years imaging that the religious teaching that had been imparted to him since childhood is still… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
Here in America, religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. They've lost the Axial Age vision of concern for… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I've known a lot of very religious people. My mother is very religious, but she was also very - is very private… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The salvation of birds and beasts, oneself included - this is the object of Shakyamuni's religious austerities. — Ikkyu Copy Share Image
The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I find myself seeking out the commonalities of our different religious experiences with hopes of encouraging, through my writings, the most hopeful,… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
But of all Nonsense, Religious Nonsense is the most nonsensical; so enough, & more than enough of it - Only, by the… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter… — Salvatore Quasimodo Copy Share Image
The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
What Christ does in us and through us will always be 'exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think.' — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In this case, instead of thinking "I want success," think "I have success." — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior. — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
If God wanted to create life and create humans, it would be slightly odd that he should choose the extraordinarily roundabout way… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Motherhood is the second oldest profession in the world. It never questions age, height, religious preference, health, political affiliation, citizenship, morality, ethnic… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history… — John M Swomley Copy Share Image
Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While some animals exhibit individual powers in higher perfection, man stands for their superior, not only in combining in his own body… — George Combe Copy Share Image
In our age the common religious perception of men is the consciousness of the brotherhood of man - we know that the… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
A religious creed differs from a scientific theory in claiming to embody eternal and absolutely certain truth, whereas science is always tentative,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. — Albert Einstein 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
Pastoral theology and care helps people look deeper at the intersection between their inherited religious traditions and their current life situations. From… — Larry Graham Copy Share Image
“To which hand do I choose to strike with when both hands are guided by the same heart?” — Carroll Bryant Copy Share Image
Heaven is beyond our imagination . . . . At our most creative moment, at our deepest thought, at our highest level,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I just think of myself as a comedian, really. I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image