The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
The only difference between a Religious Humanist and a Secular Humanist is what they do on Sunday. — Fred Edwords Copy Share Image
I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
America seems to be at once the most religious and the most secular of all nations. — Will Herberg Copy Share Image
“The infinite horizon forces you to understand this world is secular” — Giharu Si Perempuan Gunung Copy Share Image
I come from an almost wholly secular background and have no quarrel with religion. — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
I've met secular humanists who grew up in evangelical households, for whom 'Cosmos' was their first exposure to a scientific way of… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
“We have made our worship services more secular than sacred, more common than uncommon, more profane than holy.” — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
I don't cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That's the big distinction between my point of view and… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
The demand that Islam makes of women is to not attract attention to yourself, and if you are in a secular society,… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Jesus communicated parables to the secular people around him and he used stories that were very relevant to their lives, and He… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
“A great irony is that the quest for secular immortality is being funded by foundations and individuals who seem to hate life” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer's thought is not determined by the ultimacy of this world but by his opposition to 'the separation ... (of) the two… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hold conferences, and the result of that was that the secular community also started picking up my stuff, and pretty soon… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Math . . . music .. . starry nights . . . These are secular ways of achieving transcendence, of feeling lifted… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
“—Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant? —I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Whereas religions may serve a benign purpose by letting many people feel comfortable with the level of morality they themselves can attain,… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further away from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly… — Judith Herrin Copy Share Image
Whoever desires to live among men has to obey their laws this is what the secular morality of Western civilization comes down… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
There are students whose religious upbringing is going to make them feel uncomfortable in a class where certain kinds of secular ideas… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
Turkish society is divided not only culturally but also politically. You're either conservative or progressive. Islamist or secular. Right wing or left… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
My upbringing was pretty interesting. It was a rigorous, intellectual upbringing, but with the idea that we were a part of an… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
God intends us to penetrate the world. Christian salt has no business to remain snugly in elegant little ecclesiastical salt cellars; our… — John Stott Copy Share Image
It's no understatement that the church has done a poor job in teaching our young people that reason and faith are not… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“ Washington , like most scholarly Virginians of his time, was a Deist ... Contemporary evidence shows that in mature life Washington… — Moncure D. Conway Copy Share Image
My suspicion is that those who seem oblivious to suffering, whether it is nearby or in remote corners, are for the most… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Even from the most rigorous scientific perspective, unselfishness and concern for others are not only in our own interests but also, in… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
