Quotes about religious
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 hippie morality
Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with legality. 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 art flower
My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am thy yesterday and thou are my tomorrow. I am they root in the earth and thou art my flower in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun. Khalil Gibran
religious men doe
A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion. Khalil Gibran
religious rome meals
Oddly enough, I'm not religious but I'm also very fond of St Peter's in Rome. When I'm there, I always know there's a good meal not far away. Jonathan Pryce
religious focus soul
Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom. Jonathan Sacks
religious queens church
In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects, and no one is better at making everyone she meets feel valued. Jonathan Sacks
religious people attendance
The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbors. Jonathan Sacks
religious want moral
I do not want to suggest that you have to be religious to be moral. Jonathan Sacks
religious self community
Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness. Jonathan Sacks
religious europe leader
As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders. Jonathan Sacks
religious book writing
Religious law is like the grammar of language. Any language isgoverned by such rules; otherwise it ceases to be a language. But within them, you can say many different sentences and write many different books. Jonathan Sacks
religious civilization humanity
I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present danger to humanity. Jonathan Sacks
religious average europe
Europe today is the most secular region in the world. Europe is the only region in the world experiencing population decline. Wherever you turn today the more religious the community, the larger on average are their families. Jonathan Sacks
religious media space
Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life needs its pauses, its chapter breaks, if the soul is to have space to breathe. Jonathan Sacks
religious drama imagination
The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation. Jonathan Sacks
religious challenges supreme
The supreme religious challenge is to see God’s image in one who is not in our image. Jonathan Sacks
religious freedom government
I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted, no religious group can incite violence ... my government will ensure there is complete freedom of faith. Narendra Modi
religious devotion
Religion to me is devotion to work and devotedly working is being religious. Narendra Modi
religious political-differences opinion
The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial and political differences of opinion. Napoleon Hill
religious men earth
You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth. Napoleon Bonaparte
religious despotism nations
Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism. Napoleon Bonaparte
religious military father
The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power - power in its most despotic exercise - absolute power, universal power, power to control the world by the volition of a single man. Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms - and at the same time the greatest and most enormous of abuses. Napoleon Bonaparte
religious money atheist
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. Napoleon Bonaparte
religious atheist people
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Napoleon Bonaparte
religious men anxiety
Man is constantly building anxiety-structures, like geodesic domes, around his social and religious institutions. Northrop Frye
religious war mean
The same means that have supported every other popular belief have supported Christianity. War, imprisonment, and falsehood; deeds of unexampled and incomparable atrocity have made it what it is. Percy Bysshe Shelley
religious bazaars body
Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other. Mary Douglas
religious people competition
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. Mary Douglas
religious work substitutes
Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics. Mary Daly
religious years lasts
I only drank for three years of my life, but I drank enough in those three years to last me the rest of my life... It's a religious thing. Marty Robbins
religious mean men
Religion means goal and way, politics implies end and means. The political end is recognizable by the fact that it may be attained--in success--and its attainment is historically recorded. The religious goal remains, even in man's highest experiences, that which simply provides direction on the mortal way; it never enters into historical consummation. Martin Buber