“Men were better, or more timid. Secular and religious education had effaced the throat-grappling instinct, or else firm finance held in check… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
Sweden is an open, liberal, secular and democratic country. We strive towards achieving equality; we are forward-looking and refuse to be pulled… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
The fact remains that secularism is inherent in the Indian system, in the Indian ethos and culture. India cannot but be secular. — Pranab Mukherjee Copy Share Image
A lot of secular, modern people claim to be disillusioned whenever they learn that any smart person is religious. That's applicable to… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Secular Humanism is opposed to other religions; it actively rejects, excludes, and attempts to eliminate traditional theism from meaningful participation in the… — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
She [Hillary Clinton] is the epitome of the progressive - the secular progressive movement. And she counts on the fact that people… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Have we come to the point where it is now considered a secular blasphemy to acknowledge the name of God at all? — William Bennett Copy Share Image
By and large, reporters and editors are devoutly secular and deeply distrustful of those who act on faith. — Don Feder Copy Share Image
And I know your next move, I watch you so much, 'There's been no proven link between the secular state of Iraq… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility… — Arthur Goldberg Copy Share Image
In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much… — William Odom Copy Share Image
“A Christian approach to any field needs to be both critical and constructive. We cannot simply borrow from the results of secular… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer,… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
[The Royal Society] is quite simply the voice of science in Britain. It is intellectually rigorous, not afraid to be outspoken on… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
So here we have found a means of a) alienating even the most flexible and patient Palestinians; while b) frustrating the efforts… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“A highly trained scientist who is also a perfected man may eventually create a world and people it, but a dissolute unrepentant,… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In the morning was again distressed as soon as I waked, hearing much talk about the world and the things of it.… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
I think his portraits of Jackie, Liz, Marilyn, Mao, Elvis, Lenin - and objects like the soup cans, the dollar signs, the… — Bob Colacello Copy Share Image
It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they call eternal… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The gospel is like a caged lion,' said the great baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon. 'It does not need to be defended, it… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of comprehensive doctrines, religious and secular. Those of religious faith will say I give a veiled argument for… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
For Pakistan, Kashmir represents the infeasibility of secular nationalism and underscores the need for an Islamic theocracy in the subcontinent. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Trusting each other is the beginning of a certain secular faith, a faith that allows us to live in families and communities… — Sue Halpern Copy Share Image
Although I was raised in a profoundly secular home, I had a belief, an awareness of God, from as far back as… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Our secular culture is adrift in a sea of relativism, escapism, and self-indulgent inanities, with our media and entertainment elites leading the… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Secular progressivism, which attempts to remove God from the public square, is not consistent with the principles that established the USA. — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
What replaces Christianity isn't going to be Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and so on. It's going to be something else and something… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
There was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
My parents were born into a secular country. They met in Turkey's top medical school, moved to America in the nineteen-seventies, and… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I hope I get the bliss. And I know I'm going to have to work for it. But I've got to say,… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
The tendency of our time is wholly oriented toward the secular. The efforts of the mystics will remain episodes. Despite a deepening… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
As God's followers, we must be ever watchful not to allow diluted teachings or secular philosophies to creep into our doctrine. — Jonathan Falwell 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