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[I]t is impossible that any people of government should ever prosper, where men render not unto God, that which is God's, as well as to Caesar, that which is Caesar's.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

It is impossible to devise a scientific experiment to describe the creation process, or even to ascertain whether such a process can take place. The Creator does not create at the whim of a scientist.

it is interesting to find that people of faith now seek defensively to say that they are no worse than fascists or Nazis or Stalinists

It is in the area of feeling that religion enters the heart and is expressed by man.

It is I, the ungodly Zarathustra, who says:Who is more ungodly than I, that I may rejoice in his teaching?

It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began to wane.

It is no marvel that the devil does not love field preaching! Neither do I; I love a commodious room, a soft cushion, a handsome pulpit. But where is my zeal if I do not trample all these underfoot in order to save one more soul?

It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.

It is not part of religion to breed buffaloes or, for that matter, cows.

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.

It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.

It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage...Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.

It is to the press mankind are indebted for having dispelled the clouds which so long encompassed religion, for disclosing her genuine lustre, and disseminating her salutary doctrines.

It is through truth & non-violence that I can have some glimpse of God. Truth & non-violence are my God. They are the obverse and reverse of the same coin.

It is useless for large companies of believers to spend long hours begging God to send revival. Unless we intend to reform we may as well not pray. Unless praying men have the insight and faith to amend their whole way of life to conform to the New Testament pattern there can be no true revival.

It is utterly astonishing how ordinary a book can be and still be thought the product of omniscience.

It is with fiction as with religion: it should present another world, and yet one to which we feel the tie.

It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand.

It must be this rhapsody or none, The rhapsody of things as they are.

It's amazing how much you can get done if you don't worry about who gets the credit.

It ought not to be unpleasant to say that which one honestly believes or disbelieves. That it so constantly is painful to do so, is quite enough obstacle to the progress of mankind in that most valuable of all qualities, honesty of word or of deed.

It's not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it's when you realize that you don't need any aid.

It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things.

It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and intense ourselves, closer to the grave, we begin to conceive of ourselves as immortal.

It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.

It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from a common source. For example, Islam, the predominant religion in the Middle East, accepts as an integral part of its religious teachings both the Old and the New Testaments. If this commonality of moral traditions among the world's major religions does not say something about the universality of religion, it does say something about the universality of mankind.

It's the old shell game.

It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls.

It's true that (many) are praying for a worldwide revival. But it would be more timely, and more scriptural, for prayer to be made to the Lord of the harvest, that He would raise up and thrust forth laborers who would fearlessly and faithfully preach those truths which are calculated to bring about a revival.

It's very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.

It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed (Aquinas).

It was one time when people thought the value of the fine structure constant was important. Now of course it's still important, of course, as a practical matter,but we now know that the value it has is a function, that in any fundamental theory you derive the fine structure constant as a function of all sorts of mass ratios and so on and it's not really that fundamental.

It was the schoolboy who said, ""Faith is believing what you know ain't so."

It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam.

It will be proper to take a review of the several sources from which governments have arisen, and on which they have been founded.

It would never occur to most of us that 'plants' say anything at all, except in terms of what we read into them, or try to use them for. Yet in their responses to this wonderfully rhythmic and varying earth they are the most expressive of all forms of life.

I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

I used love like money, but love doesn't work like money. It is not a commodity. When we barter with it, we all lose. When the church does not love it's enemies, it fuels their rage. It makes them hate us more.

I've always been politically minded, you know, and against the status quo.

I want everyone out there in TV land to touch the TV. Touch the back of the TV and get a shock for Jesus.

I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian and I knew how these things are done. I knew that in Biblical times if a man committed a sin the extermination of the whole surrounding nation-cattle and all-was likely to happen. I knew that Providence was not particular about the rest, so that He got somebody connected with the one He was after.

I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it because I get distracted by my petty desires and fears. I want to be with God all the time. But I don't want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures. I guess what I want to learn is how to leave in this world and enjoy its delights, but also elevate myself to God.

I want to see people do more than simply raise their hand when they come to Christ. Where are the totally changed lives?

I was taught in my religious upbringing to spell God with a dash, G-d. But now my dash is pink.