51 Quotations Found

Here are the two best prayers I know: “Help me, help me, help me” and “Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

Author: Anne Lamott | Subject: Religion

The principles of Christian morality [have] always characterized its creed but too rarely its behavior.

Author: Richard Hofstadter | Subject: Religion

The fundamentalist mind… is essentially Manichean; it looks upon the world as an arena for conflict between absolute good and absolute evil, and accordingly it scorns compromises (who would compromise with Satan?) and can tolerate no ambiguities.

Author: Richard Hofstadter | Subject: Religion

Studies of political intolerance and ethnic prejudice have shown that zealous churchgoing and rigid religious faith are among the important correlates of political and ethnic animosity.

Author: Richard Hofstadter | Subjects: Politics & Public Policy, Religion

Religion, for many individuals or groups, may be an expression of serene belief, personal peace, and charity of mind. But for more militant spirits it may also be a source or an outlet for animosities.

Author: Richard Hofstadter | Subject: Religion

Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer.

Author: Simone Weil | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subject: Religion

Jung argued that a good life requires a way of understanding why things happen the way they do, being able to zoom out from the tedious quotidian travails of life, and put events—including inevitable suffering—into perspective… He did not insist that his spiritual path was the only one… and allowed that even a nonreligious, purely philosophical attitude could do. But everyone, he thought, should have … [ Read more ]

Author: Arthur C. Brooks | Source: The Atlantic | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Religion

When the Christian faith is politicized, churches become repositories not of grace but of grievances, places where tribal identities are reinforced, where fears are nurtured, and where aggression and nastiness are sacralized. The result is not only wounding the nation; it’s having a devastating impact on the Christian faith.

Author: Peter Wehner | Source: The Atlantic | Subjects: Politics & Public Policy, Religion

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias; the spirit of liberty remembers that not even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the … [ Read more ]

Author: Learned Hand | Subjects: Concepts, Freedom | Liberty, Religion

Coincidences are God’s way of remaining anonymous.

Author: Doris Lessing | Subject: Religion

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Author: Hebrews 11:1 | Subject: Religion

To pray, “thy will be done,” I must be willing, if the answer requires it, that my will be undone.

Author: Elisabeth Elliot | Subject: Religion

Fairness cannot be defined by capitalism, which measures the value of the earth, its creatures, and humanity by how their production benefits those in power. Christians take God’s metric into account. What does God value, and then value most? Love will always be the answer. What could the earth, its humans, and all of creation look like with a lot more love and a lot … [ Read more ]

Author: Vahisha Hasan | Source: Vox | Subjects: Concepts, Life & Society, Love, Power, Religion

In a free society where you don’t fear being locked up for our opinions, true moral courage isn’t standing up to the people with whom you disagree. It’s standing up to the people with whom you agree — on behalf of those with whom you disagree. Are you strong enough to do that? That, I believe, is one way we can live up to Jesus’ … [ Read more ]

Author: Arthur C. Brooks | Source: The Washington Post | Subjects: Concepts, Ethics | Integrity | Morality, Personal Improvement, Religion

If you look at every human being as a Divine mirror, you will know yourself and understand life.

Author: Sherif Baba | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Life & Society, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior, Religion

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and … [ Read more ]

Author: Mother Teresa | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Religion

Big business has arguably become the most dominant force in many societies, subsuming the power of Church and State but not their responsibilities. As a result, the urgent human needs (for security, stability and spiritual nourishment) once met by those institutions must largely go begging.

Author: Benjamin Kessler | Subjects: Business, Life & Society, Religion

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

Author: Steven Weinberg | Subject: Religion

Whoever does not see God in every place does not see God in any place.

Author: Rabbi Elimelech | Subject: Religion

Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

Author: Leo Buscaglia | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Religion