Pastoral Resources

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others.

The truth is our country, our people, our liberties, and our way of life are under attack by radical Islamic terrorists who kill and destroy in the name of religion.

More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion.

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion.