Religious Quotes
I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.
The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.
All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.
Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
We must do worldly jobs, but if we do them with sanctified minds, they become offerings to God.
Don't allow false modesty,doubts or unbelief prevent you from accepting God's favor. The door of mercy stands wide open.
It's hard to rest knowing that millions of people merely carry on religious traditions but don't actually reach God.
No one need fear to listen to the voice of God unless he has already made up his mind to resist it.
Christians should be the boldest people in the world-not cocky and sure of ourselves, but sure of Him.
The Conservative Party is a religion in that they are bound together by belief. Almost any organization has its religious aspects.
A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during his lifetime.
My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That's God. Everything is God. I'm a child of that.
The true destiny of America is religious, not political: it is spiritual, not physical.
For me, the single word "God" suggests everything that is slippery, shady, squalid, foul, and grotesque.
The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.
Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.
Saying a prayer won't make you a Christian. Placing your faith in Christ as your savior makes you a Christian.
Tulsa has world-class opera and Starbucks, and a religious conservatism that rules public life.
Credulity as a character trait is encouraged in every child who grows up with religious training, which invariably insists on the virtue of blind faith and the sinfulness of doubting and questioning.
A society based on Christian principles provides for pluralism, but with enough restrictions to prevent civilization from degenerating into chaos.
Although I was brought up in a culturally and religious conservative culture, as a Baptist I was taught that no one has the right to subpoena your conscience.
To preach of peace and brotherhood, oh what might be the cost? A man he did it long ago, and they hung him on a cross.
I grew up in a mixed religious household. And it was volatile. My dad's atheist, my mom's agnostic. Just constant fighting. There's no God! There might be!
To suggest that a person's strongly held religious view is less tolerant than a strongly held antireligious view is morally, intellectually, and politically inconsistent and incorrect.
Nowhere have the forces of intolerance been displayed less tolerantly than in the area of religious speech and practice.
Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free. For God the just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me.
The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church.
Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state.
The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker and Father of the universe.
But I think humans are innately religious as a species, so you don't need a specific excuse for examining the perversely unholy.
In modern America, Judeo-Christian beliefs are often held up to ridicule and disdain by the media.
He was extremely reticent in his religious sentiments, at least in all that he wrote. Allusions to his belief are rarely, if ever, to be met with in his correspondence.
In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East, and we're not going to be divided along any lines.
And you get Thomas Paine, who's the least religious Founding Father saying, you've got to teach creation science in the classroom. Scientific method demands that.
There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a science course.
The sceptics assert, though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects,as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind.
Worship is God's way of giving us an opportunity to shift our focus from our own concerns, problems, and circumstances to the way things are in heaven.
Though not everyone can attend seminary, every Christian has a seminary between two covers - the Holy Bible. God's Word is a school that trains us for the work He has planned for us on earth.
But one thing the New Age folks and those who pursue alternative spiritual visions need to be aware of is how easily we can become and at times in my experience are like the religious right.
For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people?
The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.
Don't worry about tomorrow, just be real good today. The Lord is right beside you, he'll guide you all the way.
Religious people are not entitled to special rights, even if they are elected leaders or in the majority; they are not allowed to force everyone to support their religion.
When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.
It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare food in different ways, hygienically, for the table, so that it may be eaten with enjoyment.
He'd been drinking in a bar downtown, when he thought he heard a choir of angels singing in the Tiki Lounge. And that's when he got religion.