“We’ve been taught a woman’s body will cause men to sin. We’re told that if a woman shows too much of her body men will do stupid things. Let’s be clear: a woman’s body is not dangerous to you. Her body will not cause you harm. It will not make you do stupid things. If you do stupid things it is beca…”— Nate Pyle, huffingtonpost.com
“And without God, the wars seemed crueller life seemed bleaker. Art seemed foolish. Death seemed stranger now than ever. What was mankind for? What terror flooded us to understand there was no point, no grander plan.”— Kate Tempest, brainpickings.org
“I left church because God couldn’t save me. I left church because I want to believe in myself.”— Sade Andria Zabala, amazon.com
“There are Muslim women wearing hijab in our nation’s military. Whether it’s hijab or beards or turbans, to cling to these outdated ‘traditions’ merely out of a sense of not wanting to change anything is, I think, untenable in this day and age and in our increasingly diverse society.”— Ibrahim Hooper, washingtonpost.com
“Art is the only way to ascend to God, doing what our divine Master did, create.”— Paul Gauguin, proleutimpressionists.tumblr.com
“Dear God, today I am struggling and I need your guidance. Please help to calm my anxious heart. Fill me with confidence instead of fear, positive thoughts instead of nervousness, and your light instead of the darkness that is plaguing me.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would 'lief' or wish it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, w…”— Alan W. Watts, amazon.com
“The common error of ordinary religious practice is to mistake the symbol for the reality, to look at the finger pointing the way and then to suck it for comfort rather than follow it.”— Alan W. Watts, amazon.com
“I’m convinced of two fundamental truths about human beings. The first is that we all have within us a centered place of wisdom, harmony, and strength. This is a truth that all the world’s philosophies and religions— whether Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or Buddhism— acknowledge in one form or anothe…”— Arianna Huffington, amazon.com
“I can’t speak for anyone else but if there’s anything I know at all, it’s that my faith has never failed me. In the scorecard of life, I may have lost more than I’ve won in all the things that I’ve attempted. But I have always felt like a victor when challenges have come to pass. Because even when I…”— Kovie Biakolo, thoughtcatalog.com
“Who in the world could be offended by someone saying "Merry Christmas"?! That greeting isn't critical of any other religion, and it isn't being disrespectful to those who practice another religion. It's a wonderful tradition. I don't understand why the same people who demand respect for their belief…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“I think people are shocked when they find out that I am a Christian, that I am a religious person. They see me with all the surroundings of wealth so they sometimes don't associate that with being religious. That's not accurate. I go to church, I love God, and I love having a relationship with Him.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The happiest people I know are those people who have great families and real values. I've seen it. I know it. People who have a loving spouse and have children they really love are happy people. Religion also plays a very large factor in happiness. People who have God in their lives receive a tremen…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The day I was born I had already won the greatest lottery on Earth. I was born in the United States of America. With that came the amazing opportunities that every American citizen has: The right to become the best possible person you can be. The right to be treated equally with all other Americans.…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The Second Amendment? I believe the rights of law-abiding gun owners must be fully protected. Defense of religious freedom? I believe religious freedom is the most fundamental constitutional right we have and must be protected.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“There is no essential difference, really, in how it feels to rise as one in joy to sing the praises of the Lord, or to rise as one in joy to sing the praises of the Hail Mary pass, the Immaculate Reception, the Angels, the Saints, the Friars, or the Demon Deacons.”— Hubert Dreyfus, amazon.com
“The opposition between sacred and secular is naive. Contrary to what we think we know, we have never entered into a secular era. The very idea of the secular is religious through and through — Christian really.”— Jacques Derrida, amazon.com