Belief
"There is only one morality, as there is only one geometry." (Voltaire)
Belief
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." (Carl Sagan)
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." (Teilhard de Chardin)
"Some things are true whether you believe them or not." (City of Angels)
"Whatch out for people who call
themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean
-- make sure they know
what they mean!" (John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany)
"They are two things indeed, and
are as diverse as are the soul and the body;
for as the body without the soul is
but a dead carcase, so saying, if it be
alone, is but a dead carcase also.
The soul of religion is the practical part." (Christian, in John Bunyan's,
The Pilgrim's Progress)
"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning." (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity)
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1)
"...It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord..." (Abraham Lincoln; Proclamation of a National Fast-Day; March 30, 1863)
"Don't doubt in the dark what you've seen in the light."
"That big of a canvas has to have an artist" (Carlos Vidales)
"If you think your decency is high enough for God, your idea of God must be pretty low." (Jay Budziszewski)
"Death is not totally extinguishing the light but turning off the lamp because the dawn has come."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." (Thomas Jefferson)
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." (Galileo Galilei)
"In order to know anything, you have to believe something." (J. Budziszewski)
"It's not the parts of the Bible that I don't understand that disturb me, rather it's the parts of the Bible that I do understand that disturb me." (Mark Twain)
"Aesthetics have replaced ethics,
so that stealing is no longer immoral, but being ugly and
fat is." (Gianna Schelotto,
psychologist)
"We're all lonely for something we don't know we're lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we've never even met?" (David Foster Wallace)
"If I find in myself desires which nothing on earth can satisfy, the only reasonable explanation is that I was made for another world." (C.S. Lewis)
"Question with boldness even the
existence of God. For if there be one, he surely more
approves of the homage of reason than
blindfold fear." (Thomas Jefferson)
"The very least you can do in
your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you
can do is live right inside that hope.
Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its
roof." (Barbara Kingsolver)
"God is dead." -Nietzsche | "Nietzsche is dead." -God
"Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. (Peter Marshall)
"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection." (Michelangelo)
"How can one love a flawed human, without first loving our perfect God?" (Ben Cacace)
"Idle hands are the Devil's workshop, because they do what they want to, which is directly linked to the sinful human nature." (Ben Cacace)
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." (David in Psalm 111:10)
"Born twice, die once. Born once, die twice."
"Even a broken clock is right twice a day, but you wouldn't go scheduling your day by it would you? Then by the same token don't put too much faith in science."
"God can mend a broken heart but he must have all the pieces."
"The Lord works from the inside-out.
The world works from the
outside-in. The world would
take the people out of slums. Christ takes
the slums out of people, and then
they take themselves out of slums. The
world would mold men by changing their
environment. Christ changes men,
who then change their environment.
The world would shape human behavior,
but Christ can change human nature."
(Ezra Taft Benson)
"Love the sinner but hate the sin." (Mahatma Gandhi)