--- title: "6 Secular Life Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Secular Life quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Secular Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/john-piper-255_christ_oh-that-god-would-help-me-waken-in-you-a_69154.png" --- > [Oh that God would help me waken in you a single passion for a single great reality that would unleash you, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/oh-that-god-would-help-me-waken-in-you-a-single-passion-for-a-single/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/john-piper-255_christ_oh-that-god-would-help-me-waken-in-you-a_69154.png) > [I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-ford/i-decided-to-take-god-and-organized-religion-seriously-and-to-reject/) [Luke Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/luke-ford-22731_attractive_i-decided-to-take-god-and-organized-reli_459997.png) > [I can't imagine a secular life, a spiritual life, an intellectual life, a physical life. I mean, we would be completely wrought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-can-t-imagine-a-secular-life-a-spiritual-life-an-intellectual-life/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/terry-tempest-williams-835_i-can_i-can-t-imagine-a-secular-life-a-spiritu_746284.png) > [When men in secular life, who might be religious or not, see women being treated as secondary in the eyes of God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/when-men-in-secular-life-who-might-be-religious-or-not-see-women/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/jimmy-carter-479_assuming_when-men-in-secular-life-who-might-be-re_1415519.jpg) > [In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virchand-gandhi/in-western-lands-there-is-a-distinct-division-between-the-religious/) [Virchand Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virchand-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/virchand-gandhi-25780_clergymen_in-western-lands-there-is-a-distinct-div_1583242.jpg) > [“Our inner lives must be lent a structure and our best thoughts reinforced to counter the continuous pull of distraction and disintegration.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/our-inner-lives-must-be-lent-a-structure-and-our-best-thoughts/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/alain-de-botton-221_religion_our-inner-lives-must-be-lent-a-structure_2373223.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/secular-life/#itemlist", "name": "Secular Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh that God would help me waken in you a single passion for a single great reality that would unleash you, and set you free from small dreams, and send you, for the glory of Christ, into all the spheres of secular life and to all the peoples of the earth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Piper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/oh-that-god-would-help-me-waken-in-you-a-single-passion-for-a-single/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/john-piper-255_christ_oh-that-god-would-help-me-waken-in-you-a_69154.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/john-piper-255_christ_oh-that-god-would-help-me-waken-in-you-a_69154.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/john-piper-255_christ_oh-that-god-would-help-me-waken-in-you-a_69154.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh that God would help me waken in you a single passion for a single great reality that would unleash you…” — John Piper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Luke Ford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-ford/i-decided-to-take-god-and-organized-religion-seriously-and-to-reject/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/luke-ford-22731_attractive_i-decided-to-take-god-and-organized-reli_459997.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/luke-ford-22731_attractive_i-decided-to-take-god-and-organized-reli_459997.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/luke-ford-22731_attractive_i-decided-to-take-god-and-organized-reli_459997.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had…” — Luke Ford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can't imagine a secular life, a spiritual life, an intellectual life, a physical life. 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