992 private quotes tagged religion

“The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.” — Desmond Tutu

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“See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse therefore choose life.” — Moses

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“Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!” — O. Henry

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“I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.” — Colin Powell

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“Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, m--------e, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.” — Madonna Ciccone

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“What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage.” — Gertrude Stein

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“I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.” — John Keats

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“I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.” — Patrick Henry

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“This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.” — Patrick Henry

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“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” — Lucille Ball

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“Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.” — Erma Bombeck

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“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.” — Scott Adams

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“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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“These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.” — Joan D. Vinge

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“Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.” — John Morley

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“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” — Meister Eckhart

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“I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life.” — Gene Robinson

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“Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion.” — Cliff Stearns

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“It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.” — Daniel Berrigan

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“With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world.” — Jerry Costello

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“Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.” — Cliff Stearns

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“These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.” — Anthony de Mello

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“Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith.” — Kenneth Scott Latourette

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“All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion and I felt something like indecision.” — Maria Monk

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“When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may.” — Joseph Lancaster

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