Religions & Spirituality Quotes (2350 Quotes)

Freedom of religion, the report said, does not exist ... women have few political or social rights and are not treated as equal members of society.

I do not find that the age or country makes the least difference no, nor the language the actors spoke, nor the religion which they professed, whether Arab in the desert or Frenchman in the Academy. I see that sensible men and conscientious men all over the world were of one religion.

Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things we find inexplicable

And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God

The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives

Humanity is in spiritual ignorance people see things that do not exist.

Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is best

So that this nation may long endure, I urge you to follow in the hallowed footsteps of the great disobedience of history that freed exiles, founded religions, defeated tyrants, and yes, in the hands of an aroused rabble in arms and a few great men,

Amendments Amendment I Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791) Amendment II Right to Bear Arms (1791) Amendment III Quartering of Troops (1791) Amendment IV Search and Seizure (1791) Amendment V Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrim.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi. In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer and social journey, because we are not isolated beings.

His religion is a significant problem because many evangelical Christians do not believe that Mormons are Christians. To the extent that we have controversial religions in this country, LDS (Latter Day Saints) is one of them.

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

A lot of people who knew them (Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Madison) would have considered them devout. They were deist Christians. A deist thought the test of true religion was morality.

Last year, we were sued for endorsing religion this year, we're being sued for limiting the right to express one's religion, ... We're tracking a minefield, and this is not what the school district wants to be doing we're in the business of education.

The media often give an uncharacteristic perception of some other cultures and religions, and Islam in particular because it's the unusual, extreme, odd stuff that is kind of newsworthy. Sometimes, people of Islam feel that they're getting painted with a brush that represents only a few.

The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth.

If he gives up separatism, he is welcome any time to go back to China and preach (Buddhist) religion.

There are some truths, however, that we should never forget Superstition has always been the relentless enemy of science faith has been a hater of demonstration hypocrisy has been sincere only in its dread of truth, and all religions are inconsis

It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally.

I guess this album is a little bit more politically charged. David's a very opinionated guy. He has strong opinions and strong beliefs. In no way are we forcing our opinions on people. It's his opportunity to express the way he feels about certain things. Besides, you know, religion and politics and world issues and relationship issues these are usually the things that strike a nerve with him.

I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.

This is a very fine reconstruction of Mozart. My hope is that the mass will not be just a concert, but will feel spiritual. That it will make a statement about the human condition.

Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.

A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge.

The Hong Kong government has its rights to refuse people entry, but it can't target people based on the religion and beliefs,

In the name of God, in the name of religion, in the name of any word of sympathy that exists in Iraq, I urge you to release this female journalist.

The Olympic Truce will not be eternal. After the games, bad habits will return. But this village is a perfect example of what the truce exemplifies. Here, athletes of different religions, political systems, races and languages live peacefully together.

Don't you ever think that racism that has poisoned the bloodstream of religion, education, jurisprudence, politics, culture -- that it is not existent in FEMA and the Red Cross

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

The findings suggest that American public opinion is starkly divided when it comes to the role of religion in the public square, and that our nation's proud tradition of church-state separation is threatened as never before.

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

There is a group of individuals who are radical jihadists. We need to call them by name. They believe it is OK to kill people in the name of their religion. It is not all of Islam. It is not all Muslims. But there is a subgroup who believe it is OK. In fact, it is their plan and design to kill people.

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.

The death penalty is barbaric, a disgrace. We're human beings, we're not perfect, and whatever our religions, we all recognize there's a higher authority. I'd like to make Illinois a nationwide leader on this issue.

We call on you to understand the priorities of our Palestinian people at this stage and continue the spiritual and financial support in order to push the region towards stability rather than pressure and tension.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

The first part was to demonstrate to the American public that the shrill fundamentalist voices that were demanding that people had to choose between religion and science were simply wrong. The second part was to demonstrate that those fundamentalist leaders that keep standing up and shouting that you can't accept modern science were not speaking for the majority of Christian leaders in this country.

The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

From the point of view of human history, the way in which the Thirteen States became independent is of far less importance than the fact that they did become independent. And with the establishment of their independence came a new sort of community into the world. It was like something coming out of an egg. It was a western European civilization that had broken free from the last traces of Empire and Christendom it had not a vestige of monarchy left and no state religion.... It was in these respects such a clean start in political organization as the world had not seen before.... The new community had in fact gone right down to the bare and stripped fundamentals of human association, and it was building up a new sort of society and a new sort of state upon those foundations.

I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.

Islam called Jews and Christians the peoples of the book because they, like Muslims, are a part of a religion of sacred texts.

I said, like, Jewish people, they don't believe in Jesus. Does that mean they're doomed Jon nodded, like, that's what it meant. My ex-girlfriend I was like, man, if they only knew. Other religions don't know any better. It's up to us to spread the word.

If a life could have a theme song and I believe every worthwhile one has mine is a religion, an obsession, a mania or all of these expressed in one word individualism. I was born with that obsession, and I've never seen and do not know now a cause more worthy, more misunderstood, more seemingly hopeless and tragically needed.

Knowledge of one's identity, one's self, community, nation, religion, and God, is the true meaning of resurrection, while ignorance of it signifies hell.