Pastoral Resources

Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.

There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.

All along we find that social life - religion, politics, art - reflects the stages reached in the development of the knowledge of self; it shows the social uses made of this knowledge.

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected.

The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.

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.

Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine.