Religious Quotes

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us, that shall bury all our glory in profound obscurity.

The true Gnostic understands that there is a difference between religious activity and spiritual truth.

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.

America's culture is also defined by the fact that we are a religious people. We recognize our God not only in our Declaration of Independence, but even in our currency. And we are also unique in that we recognize that the family is the fundamental building block of American society.

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

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.

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

What we want is a system which, while tolerating all religious beliefs, places them on a footing of perfect equality.

In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

If physicians suggest, either directly or even implicitly, that faith and religious activity are associated with health, ... then they indirectly suggest the opposite -- which is that the disease and illness are associated with insufficient faith and insufficient devotion.

The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates its previously and repeatedly declared position that in accordance with our religious principles, pursuit of nuclear weapons is prohibited.

It's not right. It's not fair. And it's offensive, ... who believed it was their religious duty to wage holy war against this country.

This building is not just important to Catholics. It's a symbol of religious freedom for everyone.

Scott was raised very religious. That's where all the religious themes come from. A lot of our symbolism is from the Bible, and it's not something most people would know. But the diehard Christian rock fans know we're not a Christian band.

She reached for a measuring tape, jewelry and a religious painting. She will will be flirtatious, maybe a fashion designer and she will believe in God.

Typically, outside of churches there would be people selling religious souvenirs. There would be someone selling little prints of an image that might be in the church. They were treasured, worn by soldiers into battle, and became personal badges of affiliation.