“Both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective...That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporary suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. And of some sinful pleasure they say 'Let me but have this and I'll take the consequences': little dreaming how damnation will spread back and back into their past and contaminate the pleasure of the sin.” InspirationalLittlesDreamPastSufferingTurnsEvilHeavenReligiousSinPleasureKnowingGloryConsequenceLet MeSpreadMortalsBlissGood And EvilTemporaryNot KnowingAgonyBackwardsDamnationRetrospectiveGreat Divorce Author:C. S. Lewis
“The NYPD never really had anything to do with it. This is stuff I did on my own time. It just so happened to be that I was a cop for my career. It was my religious belief. The NYPD very wisely stayed away from that. I was grateful that they let me do what I needed to do without getting involved because when you're a cop the NYPD controls you 24/7.” BeliefStuffReligiousMy OwnCareersHappenedNeededInvolvedLet MeGratefulCopReligious BeliefVery WiseNypd Author:Ralph Sarchie
“Why did I adopt kids? I dunno. Let me look at my family: religious weirdo, gun nut, biker, boozer, dead tooth, too many cats, the guy who talks to his truck. Hmm. Maybe I adopted because genetically my balls are full of poison.” LooksKidsGuyReligiousFamilyGunCatMy FamilyLet MeBallsTeethPoisonNutsAdoptedTruckWeirdoBikersHmmReligious Family Author:Dana Gould
“There has been a religious revival because - let me put it like this, the people that weren't traditionally religious, conventionally religious, had a religion of their own in my youth. These were liberals who believed in the idea of progress or they were Marxists. Both of these secular religions have broken down.” PeopleHas BeensIdeasReligiousProgressYouthBrokenLet MeSecularRevivalMarxistBroken Down Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.” PeopleBelieveReligionFightingI BelieveReligiousFreedomAcceptingHellBattleLet MeI Believe InBlack PeopleAccept MeFighting For Freedom Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“Let me always remember that it is not the amount of religious knowledge which I have, but the amount which I use, that determines my religious position and character.” CharacterUseRememberReligiousKnowledgePositionAmountLet MeDetermine Author:Alexander MacLaren
“I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for the better. I understand in the past, some in government have said government cannot stand side-by-side with people of faith. Let me put it more bluntly, government can't spend money on religious programs simply because there's a rabbi on the board, cross on the wall, or a crescent on the door. I viewed this as not only bad social policy - because policy by-passed the great works of compassion and healing that take place - I viewed it as discrimination.” PeopleBelieveSaidGovernmentPastFaithI BelieveSocialSidesInterestReligiousHealingCompassionDoorsPolicyWallProgramCrossesLet MeDiscriminationLife ChangingBoardsGreat WorkRabbiNational InterestsSocial PolicyCrescent Author:George W. Bush
“Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do. I share with most religious people a sense of mystery and wonder at the universe and I want to participate in religious ritual and practices because they're something that all humans can share.” PeopleWantHumansUniverseChurchReligiousWonderPracticeMysteryShareAtheismConflictScientistLet MeRitualScience And ReligionReligious Rituals Author:Martin Rees
“Let me insist and emphasise it because I would like all of my sannyasins to be creative in some way. To me, creativity is of tremendous import. An uncreative person is not a religious person at all.” WayPersonsReligiousCreativityCreativeLet MeBe CreativeImportsReligious Person Author:Rajneesh