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Even though the discples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on the road. Henceforth,…

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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their…
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to…
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;…
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great…
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying…
Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied…
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about…
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

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All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and… — John Herschel
During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only… — Bernard Lewis
For many people during many centuries, mankind's history before the coming of Christianity was the history of the Jews and what they… — John Roberts
Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary, sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at… — Sri Yukteswar Giri
The sacred writings excepted, no Greek has been so much read and so variously translated as Euclid. — Augustus De Morgan
Read the sacred writings of all the peoples on Earth. Through all of them runs, like a red thread, the hidden Science… — Gustave Meyrink
I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus,… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A quiet impression could be a personal instruction from the Lord. It is personal and private. It comes from the Lord. Why… — Richard G. Scott
The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever… — John Shelby Spong
I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth --… — Benjamin Franklin
Even though the discples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on… — Karen Armstrong

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