Balance Quote by Alain de Botton

The mental secularization of Christians means that nowadays we meet only as worshipping beings and as moral beings, not as thinking beings.

— Harry Blamires

“The goal of religious thinking is exactly the same as that of technological research -- namely, practical action. Whenever man is truly concerned with…

— René Girard

Religion stills a thinking mind.

— Greg Erwin

Your thoughts are like the seeds you plant in your garden. Your beliefs are like the soil in which you plant these seeds.

— Louise Hay

“Spirituality is not like a water faucet in that it can be turned off or turned on at will. Some make the fatal error…

— Thomas S. Monson

It's a common perception that science and religion are mutually exclusive. But there are many scientists who would consider themselves to be spiritual people.…

— Katharine Hayhoe

Spiritual balance is the principle that allows the mind to be still. You cannot expect the world to settle down, everything to work out,…

— Frederick Lenz

Part of my life's thesis is that we live in a culture that has bought into the patently silly idea that there is a…

— Eric Metaxas

Perhaps our teachings seem less religious and more technical, like psychology, so they are easier for secular people to use.

— Dalai Lama

“Belief or religion is not spirituality. Fools believe anything. Any idiot can start a religion. And many do. But to whom truth matters, only…

— Fakeer Ishavardas

A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting…

— Lee Strobel

However, we need to participate and manage skillfully, helpfully, and harmoniously, for a better world, family and society to be possible. So everybody's spiritual…

— Surya Das