#eli

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs. ↗

— Charley Pride

#business #enforcing #many #organizations #religious

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#after #basis #chose #deliberations #endless

Guys like him, the ones who grip the Bible so tight they leave fingernail grooves, they're the ones who are the most scared of their dark side. Always going too far the other way, fighting for the Lord, often just because it gives them an excuse to fight. ↗

— David Wong

#religion #faith

To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#mind #religion #spirit #faith

Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. It is intellectual bankruptcy. ↗

— Dan Barker

#faith #faith

To make me believe that those men who have regulated education in our country have humanity in their hearts is to make me believe a lie. ↗

— Robert Purvis

#country #education #hearts #humanity #lie

We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#holy #jews #judaism #problems #religion

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies. ↗

— Wilbur Wright

#believed #encouraged #fact #flying #great

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#ball player #female #herself #i #just

I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#always #any #because #being #deliver