Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that… — Tom Flynn Copy Share Image
I don't see how anybody can read the Bible and believe it's the word of God, or believe that it is anything… — Culbert Olson Copy Share Image
So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Where the Bible is esteemed as the inspired and inerrant Word of God, preaching can flourish. But where the Bible is treated… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“My heart is properly cultivated ... and is not left to wither under the burden of cold erudition, and my religious feelings… — Friedrich Schleiermacher Copy Share Image
The knowledge of Christ is profound and large. All other sciences are but shadows; this is a boundless, bottomless ocean. Though something… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
For those to whom a stone reveals itself as sacred, its immediate reality is transmuted into supernatural reality. In other words, for… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
All that has been done to weaken the foundation of an implicit faith in the Bible, as a whole, has been at… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If Socialism, like all errors, contains some truth (which, moreover, the Supreme Pontiffs have never denied), it is based nevertheless on a… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Religion would certainly be more relevant to the hurting masses of humanity if people could express their hopes and dreams and pain… — Joseph Girzone Copy Share Image
The forefathers of the United States were children of religious bigotry and persecution, and, as a result, fled Britain to create a… — Mike Medavoy Copy Share Image
Just take it from me," Donovan said. "Stay well clear of the warden. Some here think he's the devil. I don't, I… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
Mr. Browborough, whose life had not been passed in any strict obedience to the Ten Commandments, and whose religious observances had not… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The plain fact is religion must die for mankind to live. The hour is getting very late to be able to indulge… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause; because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Perhaps if I knew I would be stranded on an island with but one book, I would choose the Bible. For no… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I tell you this: There is no coincidence, and nothing happens "by accident." Each event and adventure is called to your Self… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I would say that for the sake of human progress, the best thing we could possibly do would be to diminish, to… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Whatever littleness and vanity is to be observed in the minds of women, it is, like the cruelty of butchers, a temper… — William Law Copy Share Image
Hindustan had become free. Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still slave in both these countries --… — Saadat Hasan Manto Copy Share Image
What we have seen in recent years in the United States is the church's rights to express itself, and to conduct its… — Bruce L. Shelley Copy Share Image
People look at my tattoos, and the majority of them are religious images, so people think, 'Oh, he must be very religious'.… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
Religious institutions should have religious freedom on this issue. No church or minister should ever have to conduct a marriage that is… — Kay Hagan Copy Share Image
Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is absolutely vital that we do all we can to allow Americans to practice their religious ways, while simultaneously ensuring that… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Religious people ... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the hopeless. Yet too… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
I was constantly around all those religious images and to me, angels exist. I feel we were definitely guided and helped and… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
Religious people today are courts and juries. When it comes down to it, Jesus died on the cross so that we could… — Tammy Faye Bakker Copy Share Image
Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been… — Francis Arinze Copy Share Image
Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery, on the other hand, is demanded and pursued… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
In the land of Israel was born the Jewish nation. There came an order to kill the religious and social spirit of… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
He that rightly understands the reasonableness and Excellency of charity will know that it can never be excusable to waste any of… — William Law Copy Share Image
There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The modern notion of art is an essentially religious or magical one in which the artist is viewed as a holy beast… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, there are some in this Chamber who believe that Christians, like well-behaved children, should be seen and not heard... Christians… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
