Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We are sometimes tempted to believe the lie that God does not love us. Thankfully the Bible is filled with evidence that… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
I haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual -… — Ville Valo Copy Share Image
The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you drop bombs on the enemy, you drop those same bombs on yourself, your own country. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that the real irritation of those on the religious right is not that their particular creed is not… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the world, encounters an element in the very… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Only Jesus has prophecies made hundreds of years in advance made literally true. Only He did miracles; only His immediate followers claimed… — Norman Geisler Copy Share Image
[On the ancient Venus figurines:] If the central religious figure was a woman giving birth and not, as in our time, a… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman. — Junius Copy Share Image
The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington. — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
Any violence which does not spring from a spiritual base, will be wavering and uncertain. It lacks the stability which can only… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I believe in God, and that's a personal relationship that I have, but I'm not religious in any way. — Joe Jonas Copy Share Image
“I thank you, God, who lives always, and Who, as i awaken, has in mercy returned my soul to me; we can… — Priscilla Warner Copy Share Image
The modern concept of separation is an argument for a total separation of religion from the state. The consequence of the acceptance… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
A certain sense of cruelty towards oneself and others is Christian; hatred of those who think differently; the will to persecute. Mortal… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Whoever does not fight the one who despises him, neither in word not in thought, has received true knowledge and demonstrates a… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
For me, wellbehaved books with neat plots and worked-out endings seem somewhat quaint in the face of the largely incoherent reality of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Listen, my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
[My grandmother] was the assistant pastor at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward - my grandmother, Evie Goines. And so my mother… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
So long as the mental and moral instruction of man is left solely in the hands of hired servants of the public--let… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Lord, I surrender my heart to you, I give you all my disappointments pain and suffering, which You alone can understand. Please… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
I am a deeply religious person, but I belong to no denomination. I follow the spirit of God's law, not the letter… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Have you ever noticed that all four of the greatest poets in the world are Muslim? And yet all the Muslims you… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
If religious feeling is put in opposition to social change, then it does become an opium, but if it is joined to… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
The wisest is he that knows only that he knows nothing. God only knows. We mortals are only troubled with morbid little… — William Cowper Brann Copy Share Image
As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise… — Ronald Goldman Copy Share Image
Religious people claim that it's just the fundamentalists of each religion that cause problems. But there's got to be something wrong with… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
As a personal matter I don't give a damn where mosques, churches, temples or other religious shrines and symbols are built as… — Bob Higgins Copy Share Image
A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden,… — Josephus Daniels Copy Share Image
God answers our prayers not because we are good, but because He is good. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Do not discuss the religious matters with people; do not waste your valuable time to discuss the untruth! Your time is short;… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I am what I am, and what I am is always due to him; whatever in me or in my words is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Investments are a real partnership, with an expected return; donations are a gesture made as a result of ethical, religious, or political… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
![“What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e73/thomas-jefferson-43_american-founding-fa_what-has-been-the-effect-of-religious-co_3189614.jpg)
![“[On the ancient Venus figurines:] If the central religious figure was a woman giving birth and not, as in our time, a man dying on a cross, it would not be unreasonable to infer that life and the love of life - rather than death and the fear of death - were dominant in society as well as art.” quote by Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d8/riane-eisler-10808_ancient_on-the-ancient-venus-figurines-if-the-ce_3192663.jpg)
![“[My grandmother] was the assistant pastor at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward - my grandmother, Evie Goines. And so my mother was doing - I remember when my mother graduated from beauty college, so I was about 5, and so I guess she was about 21. And I just remember being there, taking the…” quote by Mahershala Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53e/mahershala-ali-6687_assistants_my-grandmother-was-the-assistant-pastor_3196292.jpg)
