religious quotes
What is hateful to thyself do not do to another. That is the whole Law, the rest is Commentary.-Hillel
We cannot be saved until we have risen above all our enemies, not the least of which is ignorance.-Joseph Smith
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.-Abraham Joshua Heschel
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.-Abraham Joshua Heschel
O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.-Sir Jacob AstleyThe truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.-Kahlil Gibran
And lips say ''God be pitiful,'' who never said, ''God be praised.''-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Religion is like holding on to a rock in the middle of a raging river; faith is learning how to swim.-Source Unknown
Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.-C. S. Lewis
It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.-Thomas Merton
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: Why this is Christmas Day!-David Grayson
God loves the world. That's plain to see as we read His Word. Today, God loves the world through us, His Children of Grace. Christ is 'in' us and we are 'in' Christ. Christ is loving people and reaching out to them through us. He is making His appeal through us. He is reconciling people to Himself through us!-Mark McGee
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.-James Kern Feibleman
Trust no one to be your teacher...except he be a mon of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments. Mosiah 23:14-Book of Mormon
I know God wouldn't give me anything I couldn't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Mother Therese
