A lot of people in the religious world believe that by secularizing, or viewing the changes as secular, such as dropping the… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I think human beings are almost, by definition, religious people,in the sense that we ask questions of meaning, we anticipate future events,… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Some passions are bodily, other spiritual. Bodily passions have their sources in the body, while spiritual ones come from external things. But… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Songs that aren't even remotely connected to Christmas are now officially canonized Christmas tunes. 'Frosty the Snowman,' 'Jingle Bells' and 'Winter Wonderland'… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
If, therefore, nonsense is really to be the literature of the future, it must have its own version of the Cosmos to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I think the story of the Christian faith is how you can become more deeply and fully human, not how you can… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder… — William Penn Copy Share Image
There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Just as bank tellers need a thorough knowledge of legitimate currency in order to spot counterfeit bills, so Christians need a thorough… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of Philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I have received your letter of the 6th, with the eloquent discourse delivered at the consecration of the Jewish Synagogue. Having ever… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Western press has always insisted that India was Pakistan's enemy and vice versa, that the Hindus were against the Muslims and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
We define religion as the assumption that life has meaning. Religion, or lack of it, is shown not in some intellectual or… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
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The instructor, Ms. Pease, also taught in the church's religious school, and she had a Sunday school manner at once saccharine and… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest… — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
India is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest… — Denise Caruso Copy Share Image
You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached,… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The soul that loves God has its rest in God and in God alone. In all the paths that men walk in… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
[Abortion] is an evil in and of itself, but it is not a religious evil in the beginning, no, it's a human… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Historically speaking, religious and conservative groups always wanted the control over the private sphere that impacts women most, as reflected by family… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the world to… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
Wherever Christianity has produced what historians call a 'popular piety' claiming to be part of the national heritage, anti-Christian reaction among the… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
And so I tell you this: be now and forever centered upon your Self. Look to see what you are being, doing,… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
My family are very, very religious in Texas. They're Southern Baptists. I left to go to New York when I was 17… — Lynn Collins Copy Share Image
Think your life sucks? A man was nailed through his hands and feet into a cross, before that he was whipped and… — Channing Newland Copy Share Image
No matter how powerful our political and religious leaders think they are, they are as dust before the immense and implacable forces… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended… — William Murchison Copy Share Image
Secularists argue that differences of religion were the chief cause of violence in our history - conveniently overlooking violent clashes of region,… — Stephen V Monsma Copy Share Image
Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If you feel strongly about people having abortions, don't have one. But we are a country - USA - that likes to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Emotional, physical, and spiritual estrangement and ontological and religious doubt inform my personality, my thoughts, and my characters, which are, more often… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
Since the writing of our Constitution, our religious liberties have been systematically threatened and whittled away by Supreme Court justices who interpret… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
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