The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
No calamity happens to those who eagerly follow auspicious customs and the rule of good conduct, to those who are always careful… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Women were forbidden to study the most ancient sacred text, the Veda, — Wendy Doniger Copy Share Image
“Where's your church?" "We're standing in it." "But this is a bookstore and it's a Friday." "Yes, but you might also choose… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
When the devil makes his offer (always open incidentally) of the kingdoms of the earth, it is the bordellos which glow so… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
the underlying struggle - between worlds of plenty and worlds of want; between the modern and the ancient; between those who embrace… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
There's no way you can misunderstand the teachings of the Qur'an, there's no way you can misunderstand the teachings of the Bible,… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Humans impart meaning and purpose to almost all aspects of life. This sense of meaning and purpose gives us a road map… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Some people, who are deeply involved in an organized, traditional religion, find it very difficult to accept that their way isn't the… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Pascal in his bitter rendition of the practices of the Jesuit intellectuals he despised, including their demonstration of "the utility of interpretation,"… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In 1879 the Bengali scholar S.M. Tagore compiled a more extensive list of ruby colors from the Purana sacred texts: ‘like the… — Victoria Finlay Copy Share Image
Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“In the broader spiritual realities, no rites or rituals are necessary to know God. NONE. Any religion that insists you can come… — Carlton D. Pearson Copy Share Image
The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea… — Tony D'Souza Copy Share Image
“Islaam is the Name of the Universe. Christ is the Soul, and Abraham, the Foundation — The Rainbow At Midnight” — AainaA-Ridtz A R Copy Share Image
