Nearly all that we call human history — money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery — [is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. —C. S. Lewis More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words. —Francis of Assisi More about this quote Tags: words speech preaching gospel Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Faith is not something you must have or cannot lose, but something you practice because the world depends on it. —Kat Duff More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't think that God says, "Go to church and pray all day and everything will be fine." No. For me God says, "Go out and make the changes that need to be made, and I'll be there to help you. —Elvia Alvarado More about this quote Tags: God Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you've always known. —Frank Herbert More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of him. —James Baldwin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze, and I won't know what to say. —Ronnie Shakes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and fingernails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God. —Frances Farmer More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
God [is] hidden within me. I find Him by hiding in the silence in which He is concealed. —Thomas Merton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Forget traditions! Forget conventionalisms! Forget what the world will say whether you're in your place or out of your place. Stand up and be counted. Do your thing, looking only to God — whoever your God is — and to your —Shirley Chisholm More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
She is reading Zen, Krishnamurti, and Jung, asking herself questions she has never had the courage to explore. Suddenly, the shackles which have bound her are beginning to snap, as personal revelation replaces orthodoxy. —Terry Tempest Williams More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Many religions claim that theirs is the only path to the Truth. . . . But God never made an agreement with any of these religions. All religions are of fairly recent origin, but God has existed since the beginning of time. He could not have signed a contract with any religious founder saying, "You are my exclusive salesman. —Muktananda More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because they know the name of what I am looking for, they think they know what I am looking for! —Antonio Porchia More about this quote Tags: power naming blindness holiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our own list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us. —Mark Twain More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh. . . . And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion. —Robert Langdon in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email