992 private quotes tagged religion

“We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments.” — Theodore C. Sorensen

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“Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.” — Christopher Hitchens

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“To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.” — Eric Hoffer

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“If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.” — Muhammad Iqbal

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“When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.” — A. N. Wilson

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“My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.” — Rick Wakeman

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“From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us the hearing of the word and prayer.” — William Ames

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“As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.” — Jon Meacham

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“I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.” — James Lovelock

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“In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.” — Vera Farmiga

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“Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.” — Vera Farmiga

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“Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.” — Bear Grylls

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“The enemies of the Christian religion and the Law of God confuse law with faith.” — Randall Terry

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“Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.” — Kirstie Alley

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“Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.” — King Hussein I

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“Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.” — Peter Jennings

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“I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.” — Peter Jennings

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“There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.” — Patrick Wilson

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“I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world.” — Gordon Brown

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“Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith.” — Kenneth Scott Latourette

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“It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.” — Daniel Berrigan

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“I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life.” — Gene Robinson

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“Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.” — Erma Bombeck

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“This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.” — Patrick Henry

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