When I'm creating art or music, when something is resonating or a scene is going well, that almost feels religious to me...… — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good - above all, that we are better… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest,… — Bible Copy Share Image
Religious life is about something real in human experience that is not constrained by what Wittgenstein called 'all that is the case'.… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
“In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this religious feeling and keep it alive… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Free Exercise Clause at the very least was designed to guarantee freedom of conscience by prohibiting any degree of compulsion in… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The power of these recommendations is that they come from leaders representing a broad spectrum of religious conviction. At the table were… — Charles Haynes Copy Share Image
It is the property of the religious spirit to be the most refining of all influences. No external advantages, no culture of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The antagonism between science and religion, about which we hear so much, appears to me to be purely factitiousfabricated, on the one… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Christians aren’t making a religious claim when they say Jesus rose from the grave. They’re making a historical one; they’re saying that… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
There are saints in the Roman Curia, among the cardinals, priests, religious, sisters and laity. They work hard, and also do things… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Worship is yet another paradox of the religious life: it is simultaneously the greatest duty and the greatest pleasure of faith. Worship… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
As the culture war is about irreconcilable beliefs about God and man, right and wrong, good and evil, and is at root… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
The cross does not give us a minor shift or two with regard to a few of our ethical and moral and… — Albert Martin Copy Share Image
The Augustinian doctrine of the damnation of unbaptized infants and the Calvinistic doctrine of reprobation . . . surpass in atrocity any… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
Even when it feels as if we are being crushed by earthly troubles, we can remain joyful. If we keep our focus… — Mary C. Neal Copy Share Image
Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“The instruction received at the mother's knee, and the paternal lessons, together with the pious and sweet souvenirs of the fireside, are… — Hugues Felicite Robert De Lamennais Copy Share Image
Christians are the only group Hollywood can offend with impunity, the only creed it actually goes out of its way to insult...… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
The idea of authority, and therefore the respect for authority, is an anti-Semitic notion. It is in Catholicism, in Christianity, in the… — Kadmi Cohen Copy Share Image
As long as we accept the principle that religious faith must be respected simply because it is religious faith, it is hard… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have… — John Apostle Copy Share Image
Mr. Lincoln's maxim and philosophy were: 'What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.' He… — Mary Todd Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I'm not a very serious Jew. I don't wear the protective religious headgear. They only wear that because 40% of all religious… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has said that America is a Christian nation. But to make such a statement today causes reporters, newsmen, and… — D. James Kennedy Copy Share Image
I find that those who voted for George W. Bush are less offended by his religious references, and those who voted for… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I wanted to have more songs with religious backgrounds. The Christmas record has strong, traditional hymns, but it also has a song… — Scotty McCreery Copy Share Image
Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years,… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
Normative ethics, pursued as a free, systematic, and critical attempt to find moral truth, regardless of religious and other authorities, is a… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Love is not easy. All great religions postulate love as one of the greatest accomplishments. If it were that easy, or as… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
