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Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew.
Martin Luther1483–1546The Freedom of a Christian (1520), p. 74
- Christianity
- Faith
I don’t think I’ve found God, but I may have seen where gods come from.
Terry Pratchett1948–2015“I create gods all the time—now I think one might exist” (2008)
- God
Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.
Barack Obamaborn 1961A New Beginning (June 2009)
- Freedom
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), ch. 1 “Costly Grace”, p. 43
- Christianity
Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.
Sam Harrisborn 1967Letter to a Christian Nation (2006), p. 51
- Anti-Religion
- Atheism
When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, “Repent,” he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.
Martin Luther1483–1546Ninety-five Theses (1517), Thesis 1
- Christianity
Patient endurance of evil does not mean a recognition of its rights. That is sheer sentimentality, and Jesus will have nothing to do with it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 142
- Christianity
- Good & Evil
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
Teresa of Ávila1515–1582Maxims for Her Nuns (1963), Maxim 25, p. 257
- Christianity
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved — the Cross.
John Adams1735–1826Letter to Thomas Jefferson (3 September 1816)
- Anti-Religion
- Christianity
It is essential to this nation’s future that we remember that the freedom to worship who we want, and how we want, or not worship at all, is a core belief of our founding.
George W. Bushborn 1946Remarks at the SMU 100th Spring Commencement (May 2015)
- Freedom
Religion is a great force — the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don’t understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Getting Married (1908), Hotchkiss
The core of common culture is religion. Tribes survive and flourish because they have gods, who fuse many wills into a single will, and demand and reward the sacrifices on which social life depends.
Roger Scruton1944–2020Modern Culture (2000), “Culture and Cult” (p. 5)
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.
Charlotte Brontë1816–1855Jane Eyre, preface to the 2nd edition (21 December 1847)In context
- Morality
The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
Evelyn Waugh1903–1966Put Out More Flags (1942), Ch. 1: Autumn, § 7
The supreme truths are neither the rigid conclusions of logical reasoning nor the affirmations of credal statement, but fruits of the soul’s inner experience.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950Indian Spirituality and Life (1919)
- Truth & Lies