“I am not the least bit religious, but at least I stick up for the good work of religion and the cascade of benefits that come from religion.” BitsReligiousBenefitsSticksGood WorkCascade Author:Greg Gutfeld
“A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political , legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers on its members the benefits of socially accumulated knowledge.” PoliticalSocialReligiousPeriodsCivilizationMembersBenefitsEntityUniformity Book:Culture Counts: Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged Source: Culture Counts: Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged
“When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal advantages.” ReligiousPerfectBenefitsGainsAdvantageFavorsGods WillSuperiorsConformityAfflictionResignation Author:Vincent de Paul
“Give your intentions in prayer to God, Who knows everyone, even before our birth. And do not ask that everything will be according to your will, because a man does not know what is profitable for him. But say to God: Let Thy will be done! For He does everything for our benefit.” KnowsMenInspirationalGivingDoeDoneChristianAsksReligiousPrayerBirthBenefitsIntentionOrthodoxProfitableThy Will Be Done Author:Gennadius of Constantinople
“Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others.” ThinkingMenInspirationalUseMightChristianGivenReligiousBenefitsAbundanceOrthodoxLoving God Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us.” InspirationalSoulChristianReligiousSinTerribleBenefitsBeatsConscienceAngryYour SoulJudgementOrthodoxStrictPunisher Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“I believe that marriage has a spiritual foundation because only a man and a woman can create life, which is a gift from God. So, while I believe that government should bestow benefits equally, I also believe that government must respect those - like myself - who believe that marriage has a religious foundation.” MenShouldBelieveGovernmentSpiritualI BelieveReligiousBenefitsFoundationGift From God Author:Carly Fiorina
“God tested Abraham. That is, he sent him afflictions for his benefit, not so that he could find out what sort of man he was, for God knows everything, but so that He give him the means to perfect his faith.” KnowsMenInspirationalGivingMeanChristianReligiousPerfectBenefitsOrthodoxFaith In GodAfflictionTestedGod KnowsAbrahamGod Knows Everything Author:Marcus Eremita
“All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment. So merely changing formal religious affiliations will often not help much. On the other hand, in pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!” PeopleNeedsTryingHelpingHandsRunningChoicesReligiousJusticeCompassionHonestyLike YouBenefitsMessagesDemocraticCuriousContentmentFormalLove And CompassionDemocratic SocietyAffiliation Author:Dalai Lama
“Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.” InspirationalChristianReligiousVirtueLoversBenefitsOrthodoxDisplayCan NotBoastRebuke Author:Marcus Eremita
“When you have been insulted, cursed, or persecuted by someone, do not think of what has happened to you, but of what will come from it, and you will see that your insulter has become the cause of many benefits to you, not only in this age, but in that which is to come.” ThinkingInspirationalHas BeensAgeChristianCausesReligiousHappenedBenefitsOrthodoxCursedPersecutedInsulted Author:Marcus Eremita
“Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in civil and criminal cases; of the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; of the right to keep and bear arms.... If these rights are well defined, and secured against encroachment, it is impossible that government should ever degenerate into tyranny.” IfsShouldWellsMatterGovernmentReligiousLibertyCasesRightsImpossibleArmsBearsSpeechBenefitsConsciencePressesCriminalsTrialsTyrannyCivil RightsDefinedReligious FaithJurySecond AmendmentDegeneratesSecuredRights And FreedomsFounding Fathers GunEncroachmentCorpusTyranny Founding FathersTrial By JuryHabeas Corpus Author:James Monroe