Teachings Quotes

381 Teachings quotes by 281 unique authors

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument… — Barack Obama
Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he… — Sidney Poitier
The Buddha’s principal message that day was that holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Any conclusion that we draw must be let go. The only… — Pema Chodron
Teachings that do not speak of pain have no meaning...because humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. — Hiromu Arakawa
The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those who do not believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, and those who… — Will Durant
The honor that we pay to the Son of God, as well as that which we render to God the Father, consists of an upright… — Origen
It is one of the main teachings of the profound traditional wisdom of India, that the Primordial Mother is the origin of all things and… — Nirmala Srivastava
Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown. We often overlook… — Sakyong Mipham
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them… — Calvin Coolidge
To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends… — Dalai Lama
From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than… — Dalai Lama
The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some… — Akkineni Nagarjuna
The simplistic solutions of Deepak Chopra cannot stand against the lofty and deep teachings of Jesus Christ. Only in His answers will we find the… — Ravi Zacharias
I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an overview of Scripture and assume that by… — Francis Chan
The Nation of Islam provides an antidote in the United States to fundamentalist Islam - which is why individuals from America have to go abroad… — Wole Soyinka
If we all lived according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, life would be much simpler. — Chuck Palahniuk
In keeping with original Mormon teachings, much of the property in Hildale and Colorado City is held in trust for the church. Striving to be… — Scott Anderson
I love the Lord Jesus Christ and His Church, which has been restored to the earth in our day. I treasure the teachings of His… — Margaret D. Nadauld
A woman of faith is fearless. There is no ambiguity, no uncertain trump in her life. She can live a principled life because she studies… — Margaret D. Nadauld
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by… — Dalai Lama
Any teaching of falsehoods in science classes should certainly be identified and stopped by school inspectors. School inspectors should be looking at science teachings to… — Richard Dawkins
The Gospels were written to present the life and teachings of Jesus in ways that would be appropriate to different readerships, and for that reason… — John Drane
Within the context of listening and understanding and walking with people together, we discover anew what were the teachings of Jesus, what he presented to… — Joseph Edward Kurtz
Our Holy Father... is very clear that, of course, the teachings of the Church must be preserved and passed on. However, we need to do… — Joseph Edward Kurtz
Evangelicals too often fall short in their actual teachings about Judaism. — Elliott Abrams

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