Quotes about religious
religious historical identity
My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious, ethnic, historical, ideological. Chris Abani
religious thinking symbolism
I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism. Chino Moreno
religious sea law
As to ethics, unfortunately, we are still at sea. We never did have any popular base for what little ethics we knew, except the religious theories, and now that our faith is shaken in those theories we cannot account for ethics at all. It is no wonder we behave badly, we are literally ignorant of the laws of ethics, which is the simplest of sciences, the most necessary, the most continuously needed. The childish misconduct of our 'revolted youth' is quite equaled by that of older people, and neither young nor old seem to have any understanding of the reasons why conduct is 'good' or 'bad. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
religious teaching mind
The religious need of the human mind remains alive, never more so, but it demands a teaching which can be understood. Slowly an apprehension of the intimate, usable power of God is growing among us, and a growing recognition of the only worth-while application of that power-in the improvement of the world.
religious atheism world
A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.
religious children father
I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. Charles Lamb
religious world duration
The Goddess of wealth is unsteady, and so is the life breath. The duration of life is uncertain, and the place of habitation is uncertain; but in all this inconsistent world religious merit alone is immovable. Chanakya
religious art simple
Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can every quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly the same slight emphasis on the second word, as though she were the one to say them first. He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract. Ian Mcewan
religious sex uncles
But indeed an old religious uncle of mine taught me to speak, who was in his youth an inland man; one that knew courtship too well, for there he fell in love. I have heard him read many lectures against it; and I thank God I am not a woman, to be touched with so many giddy offenses as he hath generally taxed their whole sex withal. William Shakespeare
religious war law
Religious canons, civil laws, are cruel; then what should war be?
religious eye tears
How many a holy and obsequious tear hath dear religious love stolen from mine eye, as interest of the dead!
religious art boys
Yet, for I know thou art religious And hast a thing within thee called conscience, With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies Which I have seen thee careful to observe, Therefore I urge thy oath; for that I know An idiot holds his bauble for a god And keeps the oath which by that god he swears, To that I'll urge him: therefore thou shalt vow By that same god, what god soe'er it be, That thou adorest and hast in reverence, To save my boy, to nourish and bring him up, Or else I will discover naught to thee.
religious scary killing
Masturbation is killing thousands and tens of thousands. Ellen G. White
religious iowa san-francisco
I pity the Jews trying to get through life with only half a Bible. That's like trying to get from here to San Francisco with a road map that stops at Dubuque, Iowa. Kurt Vonnegut
religious jesus acknowledge
My God, the religious right will not acknowledge what a merciful person Jesus was.
religious atheism zealous
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. Edmund Burke
religious men animal
Man is by his constitution a religious animal.
religious men animal
Man is by his constitution a religious animal; atheism is against not only our reason, but our instincts.
religious cheer volcanoes
Old religious factions are volcanoes burned out; on the lava and ashes and squalid scoriae of old eruptions grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine and the sustaining corn.
religious volcanoes factions
Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out.
religious knowledge ego
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you. Eckhart Tolle
religious mean night
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. Elie Wiesel
religious evil people
But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating: ethnic conflicts, religious riots, anti-Semitic incidents here, there, and everywhere. What is wrong with these morally degenerate people that they abuse their freedom, so recently won?
religious war evil
When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.
religious praying quarrels
I come from a very religious background.And actually I remained in it. All my anger I describe in my quarrels with God in Auschwitz, but you know I used to pray every day.
religious war crisis
I had my religious crisis after the war, not during the war.
religious latin long
Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for a long time to have solved the international language problem up to a certain point, they did not really do so in spirit. Edward Sapir
religious issues evil
It is very easy to make wild generalizations about Islam. All you have to do is read almost any issue of The New Republic and you'll see there the radical evil that's associated with Islam, the Arabs as having a depraved culture, and so forth. These are impossible generalizations to make in the United States about any other religious or ethnic group. Edward Said
religious islamic europe
The sense of Islam as a threatening Other - with Muslims depicted as fanatical, violent, lustful, irrational - develops during the colonial period in what I called Orientalism. The study of the Other has a lot to do with the control and dominance of Europe and the West generally in the Islamic world. And it has persisted because it's based very, very deeply in religious roots, where Islam is seen as a kind of competitor of Christianity.
religious tulsa jew
I'm a Tulsa Jew and I have a religious upbringing. Edward Norton
religious religion way
Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I'll be right here with you. Bruce Cockburn
religious real dark
You have to be careful with fans, they'll turn on you. They turn quick. Twitter can go dark fast. If you talk about something serious on Twitter, you better be ready. If you try to pull out real facts or talk about political opinions or something religious, forget it. Like if people asked me who I was voting for, you couldn't touch that one. Bruce Campbell
religious back-when christ
I had quite a religious upbringing. I gave my life over to Christ at 11. I took it back when I was about 14. Brian Molko