Quotes about religious
religious jesus betrayal
The story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made it persistent and vicious. Elaine Pagels
religious father government
[The founding fathers] believed that freedom of expression included religious views and beliefs, so long as the government did not force people to worship in a particular matter and remain neutral on what those views and beliefs were. John Cornyn
religious sex believe
Depictions or expressions of sex, violence, crime are all permitted virtually without limit; but religion, it seems, never.No wonder many in America seem to believe that the court has become one more inclined to protect pornography than to protect religious expression. John Cornyn
religious morning mean
Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. Joel Osteen
religious heart thinking
I do think that religion has turned a lot of people off. Part of it is because it was all about the rules and was political. I think now people have a hunger for God, they want to have a relationship, but they don't want to be called religious. I'm not trying to get them to join my religion, I'm just trying to plant a seed of hope in their heart. Joel Osteen
religious next rosary
The next person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ass. Joe Biden
religious heart race
It should be heart-breaking to every American that we have a frontrunner in the presidential race that suggests there will be a religious test for anybody who wishes to come to our shores. Joe Biden
religious religion rope
Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope. Lou Reed
religious giving charity
I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could. John D. Rockefeller
religious believe giving
I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can. John D. Rockefeller
religious dog growing-up
I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up. Lisa Bonet
religious book class
At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming. Lionel Blue
religious taken ghetto
I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly. Lionel Blue
religious exercise age
Even the nonreligious may exercise aesthetic judgment in matters of religion, and indeed our age has given the unbelieving a sophisticated taste in religious literature. Lionel Trilling
religious appreciation atheist
Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts from both. Linus Torvalds
religious sex believe
What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is part of their faith. Lindsey Graham
religious military want
In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us. Linda Chavez
religious dog animal
People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down to see just how well they do, what kind of people they are. The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test. Linda Blair
religious philosophy men
To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his race, religious beliefs, or philosophy, is capable of reason. Two forces within the individual contribute to the development of his conscience and of his morality: reason and sensitivity.
religious brother men
So long as people do not consider all men as their brothers and do not consider human life as the most sacred thing, which rather than destroy they must consider it their first and foremost duty to support; that is so long as people do not behave towards one another in a religious manner, they will always ruin one another's lives for the sake of personal gain. Leo Tolstoy
religious people religion
Religious people are guided in their activities not by the consequences of their actions, but by the consciousness of the destination of their lives. Leo Tolstoy
religious art lying
In our age the common religious perception of men is the consciousness of the brotherhood of man - we know that the well-being of man lies in the union with his fellow men. True science should indicate the various methods of applying this consciousness to life. Art should transform this perception into feeling. Leo Tolstoy
religious teaching men
Often a man goes on for years imaging that the religious teaching that had been imparted to him since childhood is still intact, while all the time there is not a trace of it left in him. Leo Tolstoy
religious mean people
The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction. Leo Tolstoy
religious taken acceptance
Only greatly insolent people establish a religious law which is to be taken for granted by others, which should be accepted by everyone on faith, without any discussion or doubts. Why must people do this? Leo Tolstoy
religious keys roots
The root cause of the looming energy problem - and the key to easing environmental, economic and religious tensions while improving public health - is to address the unending, and unequal, growth of the human population. And the one proven way to reduce fertility rates is to empower young women by educating them. Lawrence M. Krauss
religious battle devil
When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate? Lawrence M. Krauss
religious ideas leader
Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas. Lawrence M. Krauss
religious rocks rock-and-roll
My music was too religious for the rock and roll stores and too rock and roll for the religious stores. Larry Norman
religious balls monsters
I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one. Lady Gaga
religious gay reflection
What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope... It is not a reflection of all religious people. Lady Gaga
religious people moral
There are moral religious people and moral secular people, immoral religious people and immoral secular people. Leon Wieseltier
religious men feet
A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth. Josephus Daniels