#religious

At the time, acid made me consider questions of reality, the difference, as someone said, between words and silence. It also brought back a lot of latent religious feelings in me that I had turned my back on. ↗

— Robert Stone

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I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

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To be quite honest, I'm not religious. ↗

— Colin Hanks

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Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics. ↗

— William J. Brennan

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The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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

— Charley Pride

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But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

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This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

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To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions. ↗

— Gerard de Marigny

#courage #empathy #faith #heroes #inspirational

We must truly listen to each other, respecting our essential brotherhood and the courage of those who try to speak, however they may differ from us in professional standing or religious belief or moral vision. We must speak and listen patiently, with good humor, with real expectation, and our dialogue can serve both truth and charity. ↗

— Eugene England

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