Barren Quote by Dan Flavin

I have chosen for my emblem a Star, representing the Virgin Mary, and the Eucharist. Those who know me as a professor of theology…

— Nicolas Cotugno

“If you are a Church Of One, do you trust your congregation? When you want to be inspired by an icon representing something bigger…

— Frank Schaeffer

For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean…

— Joan D. Chittister

I know that my work in this case is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels. We…

— Tom Hanks

I have been into many of the ancient cathedrals - grand, wonderful, mysterious. But I always leave them with a feeling of indignation because…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“It became obvious why Catholics had built such beautiful cathedrals and churches throughout the world. Not as gathering or meeting places for Christians. But…

— Allen R. Hunt

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture,…

— Jason Silva

I ask that this one thing, your church would gaze on the, the beauty of the Lord, I ask that you would awaken the…

— Mike Bickle

There are the altars, but here is the greatest of altars, the living, conscious human body, and to worship at this altar is far…

— Swami Vivekananda

“The best churches don’t have stained glass windows or statues of dead saints or even ceilings and walls. You don’t need a building to…

— J.T. Geissinger

“The primitive mind finds it hard to realize an idea without the aid of imagination, and it is the realm of space where imagination…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the…

— Anonymous