Quotes about religious
religious vegetarianism earth
Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God. Isaac Bashevis Singer
religious powerful men
One would suppose that the battle for religious liberty was won in the United States two hundred years ago. However, in the time since, and right now, powerful voices are always raised in favor of bigotry and thought control. It is useful, then, to have a compendium of the thoughts of great men and women of all faiths (and of none) on the subject, to convince us that we men and woman of freedom are not and never have been alone. Isaac Asimov
religious religion downtrodden
The downtrodden are more religious than the satisfied. Isaac Asimov
religious hypocrite heaven
If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites. Isaac Asimov
religious atheist ignorance
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. Isaac Asimov
religious war blood
Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood. Irena Sendler
religious war humility
After World War II, it seemed that humanity understood something, and nothing like that would happen again. Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood. The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility. Irena Sendler
religious men thinking
Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition and religious folly. Immanuel Kant
religious philosophical recognition
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands. Immanuel Kant
religious hatred leader
Instead of more violence why isn't there a meeting of religious leaders. It's all got to be dialogue - that's the only way. Get everybody from each religion together and say 'Listen, this can't go on. Why do we have all this hatred?' Elton John
religious people leader
We are all God's people; we have to get along and the religious leaders have to lead the way. If they don't do it, who else is going to do it? They're not going to do it and it's left to musicians or to someone else to deal with it. Elton John
religious children war
If there's a God in heaven, what's he waiting for? If He can't hear the children, then he must see the war. Elton John
religious drinking angel
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. Elton John
religious angel glasses
After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan. Elton John
religious lying religion
Some kneel and lie to God. Elton John
religious strong fighting
To fight the violence we must be brave, hold on strong to the love God gave. Elton John
religious wine men
Some men kneel and pray, I like women and I like wine. Elton John
religious brother men
Holy Moses, let us live in peace. Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease. There's a man over there, what's his colour I don't care, he's my brother, let us live in peace. Elton John
religious names evil
It is time that outraged public sentiment cry out in detestation of the outrages committed in the name of religion. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
religious land ideas
India - The land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life, but also facts which science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics, airship, all were known to the seers who founded the Vedas. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
religious lying ambition
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
religious golden-days liberty
O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days are at an end. You have nothing but trouble before you. . . . Your liberties will be lost. George Whitefield
religious together decay
Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. George Whitefield
religious fighting looks
Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
religious corny intention
Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
religious school affiliation
We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
religious law republic
I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
religious children unique
There is little mysticism without an element of transcendence, and conversely, there is no transcendence without a certain degree of egocentrism. It may be that the genesis of these experiences is to be sought in the unique situation of the very young child in relation to adults. The theory of the filial origin of the religious sense seems to us singularly convincing in this connection. Jean Piaget
religious mean animal
For the fundamental fact of human psychology is that society, instead of remaining almost entirely inside the individual organism as in the case of animals prompted by their instincts, becomes crystallized almost entirely outside the individuals. In other words, social rules, as Durkheim has so powerfully shown, whether they be linguistic, moral, religious, or legal, etc., cannot be constituted, transmitted or preserved by means of an internal biological heredity, but only through the external pressure exercised by individuals upon each other. Jean Piaget
religious school loss
During our religious instruction in school, we always asked: How can one prove the existence of God? And I have learned that the Catholic Church, which is never at a loss for an answer when it comes to existential questions, responds as follows: This question simply does not arise. Jean-Claude Juncker
religious men self
All money represents theft… To steal from the rich is a sacred and religious act. While looting, a man to his own self is true. Jerry Rubin
religious people worst
The worst thing about religion was religious people. Jeffrey Eugenides
religious jesus matter
It doesn't matter if you're religious or not. Does anything make you feel more uncomfortable than some stranger going, I'd like to talk to you about Jesus? Jim Gaffigan