Religious Quotes

[A] high minded gallantry in defense of the foundations of Christian culture.

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

Many people begin coming to God once they stop being religious.There's only one master of the heart-Jesus, not religion.

Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord himself. Don't deify common sense.

Forced federal registration of U.S. citizens based on religious identity is fascism, period. Nothing else to call it.

The time has now come to amend the Constitution to restore freedom of speech for America's people of faith.

Yin and Yang control man's actions, and both extremes are a natural reaction.

It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the countries with the highest rates of religious beliefs.

If we ever talk to aliens, their civilisation will be far more advanced than ours (because of distances involved). They won't be religious!

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.

"The way of Cain" describes any religious system that attempts to earn God's favor by works and rituals rather than reliance on God's grace.

Banning prayer in school in effect made God unconstitutional.

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.

Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral.

Religious fundamentalists are unaware that freedom of religion necessarily brings with it the freedom to mock religion.

Christians remind me of schoolboys who want to look up the answers to their math problems in the back of the book rather than work them through.

Incurably religious, that is the best way to describe the mental condition of so many people.

It's obvious that humanity continues to be torn by religious violence.

People believe mistakenly, that with death comes atonement, when in reality, life is for atonement and Death is for Judgment.

We're in a religious war and we need to aggressively oppose secular humanism; these people are as religiously motivated as we are and they are filled with the devil.

I grew up in a family that believed love was at work in the world. I guess that's a religious idea, though of course it needn't be.

God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free gift.

One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

You dont necessarily have to be religious to pray.

Tolerance is thin gruel compared to the rapture of absolute truths. It's not surprising that religious people are often better protected by atheists and agnostics than each other.

I believe that to pray without ceasing means to think good thoughts without ceasing.

I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow.

My only enemy is right-wing religious fundamentalism.

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

Divine love is perfect peace and joy, it is a freedom from all disquiet, it is all content and happiness; and makes everything to rejoice in itself.

The sun meets not the springing bud that stretches towards him with half the certainty that God, the source of all good, communicates himself to the soul that longs to partake of him.

This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended American public schools as recently as the early 1960s.

Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation

First inclination is to become a monk and leave the situation.

Unfortunately, the source of all this conflict between the Sunnis and Shia is some major powers that do not want religious unity amongst Muslims.

Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.

What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?

We do not credit to the ideal of religious freedom when we talk as though religious belief is something of which public-spirited adults should be ashamed.

there is no fanatic like a religious fanatic.

I think it's a bill that puts a high priority on religious freedom and recognizes that as a part of the balance.

I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit.

Much of the philosophy of religious education has been based upon a false premise, and perhaps many have missed the essence of Christian experience, having had religious training take its place.

We urge all people to recognize that religious freedom requires not trying to use the power of government to force religious ideas on others.

My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.

I am a Christian, but I also dont really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person.

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.

To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap.

Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right.