I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
We often think of great faith as something that happens spontaneously so that we can be used for a miracle or healing.… — Rick Joyner Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No it's not!" said Constable Visit. "Atheism is a denial of a god." "Therefore It Is A Religious Position," said Dorfl. "Indeed,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I don't think sexual repression leads to violence, but I can see the situation where you're trying very hard to be very… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
When the Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis in 1944 we passed the War Refugee Act, which focused on rescuing Jews,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I love my ink. They all have a meaning. I'm very strong in my faith, so I wanted to have some religious… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Jews believed they were the nation God had chosen among all the nations. And they were. But that did not give… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
But indeed an old religious uncle of mine taught me to speak, who was in his youth an inland man; one that… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It goes with the passionate intensity and deep conviction of the truth of a religious belief, and of course of the importance… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Conservatives are people who worship at the graves of dead radicals. Stop to think about that. The people who started this country,… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
In Europe, the Enlightenment of the 18th century was seen as a battle against the desire of the Church to limit intellectual… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "My Companions are as stars. Whomsoever of them you follow, you will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think in the religious way that most people associate that word with, but Hern is a committed guy. He's doing… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I was examining what religious identity meant in Africa. Along the edge of the Islamic world, what patterns were shaping identity? And… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
There's a lesson to be learned out of everything we go through in life. I recall when I left [Jack Gordon], and… — LaToya Jackson Copy Share Image
Most literary critics agree that fiction cannot be reduced to mere falsehood. Well-crafted protagonists come to life, pornography causes orgasms, and the… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
When I am engaging with people of other religious faiths, I find myself unable to commit to their conclusions or agree with… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing,… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
Creativity is an innate function in a human being, as we see in tribal peoples, who spent their considerable leisure time making… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
In short, chronological connectivity puts us in touch with the holy. It is at once humbling and exhilarating. I say this as… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
I dreamed of Crusades, voyages of discovery that nobody had heard of, republics without histories, religious wars stamped out, revolutions in morals,… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Physical processes alone will never completely explain the existence of the universe , life , and consciousness . Religious answers are just… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
What about self-awareness, the mysterious ability of the brain to reflect upon itself? Self-awareness can be tampered with by brainwashing, psychoactive drugs,… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
Scapegoating worked in practice while it still had religious powers behind it. You loaded the sins of the city on to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his… — Leon Bourgeois Copy Share Image
We declare, assert, define and pronounce to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every creature altogether necessary for salvation… I… — Pope Boniface VIII Copy Share Image
The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should insist on the need to engage in a meaningful debate on the entire issue of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I think there has been an unfortunate tendency for a lot of different groups to forget that distinction between natural law and… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
While all men within our territories are protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of their consciences; it is rationally… — George Washington Copy Share Image