Quotes about Religion
If gazelles had a religion and the lion was their god they could, in order to appease his appetite, voluntarily surrender one of their number to him. This is exactly what happens among men: religious sacrifice springs from a state of crowd fear. It serves to halt the pursuit and, for a while, stil the hunger of the hostile power.
— Elias Canetti
I was twelve. I believed profoundly. During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.
— Elie Wiesel
most of us turn to religion for our ethics because we don't know where else to find them.
— Elie Wiesel
The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.
— Elisabeth Elliot
What is a godly mother? A godly mother is one who loves the Lord her God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength and then passionately, consistently, and unrelentingly teaches her child to do the same.
— Elizabeth George
If you want to grow spiritually, the place to start is with God.
— Elizabeth George
The Bible is the most important part of your faith.
— Elizabeth George
The act of committing yourself to the Lord daily allows Him to guide you.
— Elizabeth George
I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today.
— Elizabeth George
One God, one law, one element,And one far-off divine event,To which the whole creation moves.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.
— Alice Walker
Once people stop believing in the God of the Bible, they don't believe in nothing--they begin to believe in anything.
— Alistair Begg