Religion Quotes - Page 25

In this light, my spirit saw through all things and into all creatures and I recognized God in grass and plants.

If the Bible is only human lore, and not divine truth, then we have no real answer to those who say, "Let's pick the best out of all religions and blend it all into Pan-Deism - one world religion with one god made out of many."

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches.

If churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.

The average Christian leaves planet earth never having led anyone to Christ.

We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.

From the colour the nature And by the nature the sign! Beatific spirits welding together As in one ash-tree in Ygdrasail.

The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.

Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.

On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.

When we get through with the Jews in America, they'll think the treatment they received in Germany was nothing.

In a word, the free Church in a free State has been the programme which led me to my first efforts, and which I continue to regard as just and true, reasonable and practical, after the studies of thirty years.

We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way.

Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work.

Thus inwardly armed with confidence in God and the unshakable stupidity of the voting citizenry, the politicians can begin the fight for the 'remaking' of the Reich as they call it.

I have sworn upon the altar of god.

An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.

I am very hostile to religion because it is enormously dominant, especially in American life. And I don't buy the argument that, well, it's harmless. I think it is harmful, partly because I care passionately about what's true.

Put up your guards, keep faith in God, I promise you all the world will be ours.

The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we avert the scourges of divine justice. By it we gain strength against the princes of darkness, for it shields us with heavenly help. Should men grow remiss in their observance of Lent, it would be a detriment to God’s glory, a disgrace to the Catholic religion, and a danger to Christian souls. Neither can it be doubted that such negligence would become the source of misery to the world, of public calamity, and of private woe.

If you've been full of error and defeat, be done with it. Say, "By God's grace, I'm done with it," and take charge of yourself like never before."

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.