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MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.
Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!
In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion-, and even nation-centred cultures.
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit down without one of the gods.
Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.
To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.
In my opinion, love is not about gender, it's not about religion. Love has no borders and no boundaries.
My heart goes out to you, and I long to see you all coming constantly to God for a fresh supply of love.
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]
Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.
By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.
Sports is a unique thing in our country. It's so influential. It's almost like a sacrament for religion.
In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.
Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.
The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
In old time we had treen chalices and golden priests, but now we have treen priests and golden chalices.
The laws of Caesar are one thing, those of Christ, another. Papinianus judges one way, our Paul another.
Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.
Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
When we look for things there is nothing but mind, and when we look for mind there is nothing but things.
When you have a major loss in your life, the first thing you need to do is tell God exactly how you feel.
I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.
One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.
Religion, it is true, still possesses the huge if cumbersome and unwieldy advantage of having come first.
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.
I want everyone out there in TV land to touch the TV. Touch the back of the TV and get a shock for Jesus.
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.
In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life.
Just because quantum mechanics is weird does not mean that everything that is weird is quantum mechanics.
The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It's evidence of a lack of understanding.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
Christ is indispensable to any scientific theory, even if its practitioners do not have a clue about him.