Chastity ... has, even now, a religious importance in a woman's life, and has so wrapped itself round with nerves and instincts… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Not only men, but also women, the weaker sex, in going by the narrow path of Christ have received for themselves the… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very… — Lionel Blue Copy Share Image
Most institutions of higher learning in the West were founded by and for religious denominations. The supposed alienation of education and faith… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
When therefore the first spark of a desire after God arises in thy soul, cherish it with all thy care, give all… — William Law Copy Share Image
He who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
“Locating friendship at the heart of mission involves certain assumptions -- that reconciliation with God is something for which every human being… — Christopher Heuertz Copy Share Image
We were a religious, practicing, Catholic family - Mass together on Sunday, Catholic schools, and parents who practiced everything they preached. A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Religion that is imposed upon its recipients turns out to engender either indifference or resentment. Most American religious leaders have recognized that… — William F. Schulz Copy Share Image
Nothing guarantees that reasonable people will agree about everything, of course, but the unreasonable are certain to be divided by their dogmas.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal. There are so many religions because immature… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith. It will be saved by the righteous citizens… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It is of course evident that everything in one's religious life depends upon the sort of God one worships. The character of… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
And while it has not pleased the Almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Muslim Brotherhood is a global movement whose members cooperate with each other throughout the world, based on the same religious worldview… — Mohammed Mahdi Akef Copy Share Image
Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education,… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
To put it in a few words, the true malice of man appears only in the state and in the church, as… — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is impossible for a believer, no matter what his experience, to keep right with God if he will not take the… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
The true celebration of Christmas is when we ponder afresh the grace of God who became human, entered history through a virgin's… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
The Pope is a mere tormentor of conscience. The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same,… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups… — Otto Schily Copy Share Image
Religious and philosophical beliefs are, indeed, as dangerous as fire, and nothing can take from them that beauty of danger. But there… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If any other religious cult knew so few basic facts about its own seminal beliefs as the liberal cult does about Joe… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“Her religious beliefs went first, for all she could ask of a god, or of immortality, was the gift of a place… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
There was a time when 'fear of God' meant piety, or at least conscience. Today, it more accurately describes the worldview of… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
The seat of faith...is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The only ground of hope for the continuance of our free institutions is in the proper moral and religious training of the… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and God that we can hardly enter into… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
I thought I was very pretty without hair. Naked, more honest somehow. No glamor, just bald old me. I seldom wore wigs… — Persis Khambatta Copy Share Image
Curiously, the most serious religious people, or the most concerned scholars, those who constantly read the Bible as a matter of professional… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
