Give your intentions in prayer to God, Who knows everyone, even before our birth. And do not ask that everything will be according to your will, beca….
Do not seek earthly glory in any matter, for it is extinguished for him who loves it. In its time it blows on a man like a strong wind, and then quic….
To judge sins is the business of one who is sinless, but who is sinless except God? Who ever thinks about the multitude of his own sins in his heart ….
Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone get….
Love hunger and thirst for the sake of Christ. Insofar as you pacify your body, so much much will you do make your soul virtuous. God, who rewards th….
Do not forsake prayer, for just as the body becomes weak when it is deprived of food, so also the soul when it is deprived of prayer draws nigh to we….
Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting..
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism..
That this is possible may not be denied in a world where hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily submit to celibacy, obligated and b….
Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amen….
The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin..
Only Atheists have morals, the religious have reward and punishment. That's not morality, that's sucking up..
Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a fe….
The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among th….
the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. ... It is the cynical sneer of the ….
To discover, or recover, the sense of religious certainty one must worship..
For nearly two hundred years, our nation has derived its strength from the diversity of its people and of their beliefs. That strength has been great….
the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual ….
[There is a] depth and urgency of the search of Jewish and Christian women for connection to the Divine, which found expression in more than 1000 yea….
When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious though….
The surrender of oneself to a stronger power, the unification of one's own movements with the movements of the whole is what makes dance religious an….