Religious Quotes

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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of… — Hannah Arendt
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse… — Karen Armstrong
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of… — Karen Armstrong
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key,… — Karen Armstrong
Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can… — Karen Armstrong
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a… — Karen Armstrong
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal… — Francis of Assisi
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher.… — Chinua Achebe
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against… — Teresa of Avila
The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No wonder I became… — Amitabh Bachchan
Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I will always feel… — Amy Adams
Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment… — Jan Peter Balkenende
It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart… — Albert Barnes
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the… — Dave Barry
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. — Dave Barry
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. — Dave Barry

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