Religious Quotes

Small: The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because its a sort of biblical thing. Its someth
Pamela Stephenson
"The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience"
Pamela Stephenson, Actress
Small: Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for persona
"Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages. It has happened in Saskatchewan"
Stockwell Day, Politician
Small: Justice is never given it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, bu
"Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship"
A. Philip Randolph, Activist
Small: I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a g
Shelley Winters
"I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience"
Shelley Winters, Actress
Small: Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathe
"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, Scientist
Small: I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult
Rita Rudner
"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
Small: I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over
"I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over the world and never really had much religious experience"
Sally Quinn, Journalist
Small: We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily, to the most dangero
"We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily, to the most dangerous kind of war: religious war"
Konrad Lorenz, Scientist
Small: Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a mea
"Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me it's a form of sacrament"
Sally Quinn, Journalist
Small: If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought.
"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny"
Mary Douglas, Scientist
Small: Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objection
"Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles"
James D. Watson, Scientist
Small: The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion
"The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion"
Emily Carr, Artist
Small: No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists mak
"No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them"
Elie Wiesel, Novelist
Small: I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other peoples religious documents and r
"I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as we were deeply opposed to the Taliban destroying the two historic buddhas which they blew up. So I think we ought to all oppose burning the Koran"
Newt Gingrich, Politician
Small: All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the
Dalai Lama
"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intoleran
"Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason"
Charles de Secondat, Philosopher
Small: Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to re
Paul Tillich
"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt"
Paul Tillich, Theologian
Small: You cant divorce religious belief and public service Ive never detected any conflict between Gods will and my
Jimmy Carter
"You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other"
Jimmy Carter, President
Small: You can not divorce religious belief and public service. Ive never detected any conflict between Gods will and
Jimmy Carter
"You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other"
Jimmy Carter, President
Small: Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure but if we cultivate it only for p
"Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue"
John Henry Newman, Clergyman
Small: Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble o
George Whitefield
"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, Clergyman
Small: The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religiou
Pope John Paul II
"The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religion
"A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society"
Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman
Small: The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of pol
"The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion"
Lord Hailsham, Politician
Small: The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has
"The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance"
Peter L. Berger, Sociologist
Small: The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman
"The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman"
Junius
Small: You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds
"You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting"
Ed Harris, Actor
Small: We spend millions of dollars per year supplying more than adequate meals and a Koran to every detainee along w
Bill Shuster
"We spend millions of dollars per year supplying more than adequate meals and a Koran to every detainee along with a prayer rug that meets their religious standards"
Bill Shuster, Politician
Small: One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more t
"One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always"
Aiden Wilson Tozer, Clergyman
Small: When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robert
"When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut"
Ann Coulter, Journalist
Small: Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplis
"Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic"
Robert Duvall, Actor
Small: The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spir
Bruno Bauer
"The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres"
Bruno Bauer, Theologian
Small: Im not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works
"I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
Small: And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecra
"And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had to ad as a religious object"
Walter Pater, Critic
Small: Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest
"Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity"
Joseph Lancaster, Educator
Small: My father was very outwardly religious
"My father was very outwardly religious"
John McGahern, Writer
Small: Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say
"Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church"
Goldwin Smith, Historian
Small: I dont know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying l
"I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have if they didn't follow this particular religion"
Marvin Harris, Scientist
Small: This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea the
"This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief"
John Howard, Statesman
Small: There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling
"There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved"
Peter L. Berger, Sociologist