Quotes about Religion
Faith is the divine evidence whereby the spiritual man discerneth God, and the things of God.
— John Wesley
Legalism is alive and well in many of our churches.
— Neil Anderson
We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam.
— Franklin Graham
Actually, a myth is a story that is not just not true, but it's a story that is especially true. And I think the myth of Jesus is especially true.
— Jay Parini
We, like the people of Israel, would like to think we get to name God. By naming God, we hope to get the kind of god we need; that is, a god after our own likeness.
— Stanley Hauerwas
No political party can or ought to exist when one of its corner-stones is opposition to freedom of thought and to the right to worship God "according to the dictate of one's own conscience," or according to the creed of any religious denomination whatever. Nevertheless, if a sect sets up its laws as binding above the State laws, wherever the two come in conflict this claim must be resisted and suppressed at whatever cost.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The Bible is the anchor of our liberties.
— Ulysses S. Grant
No political party can or ought to exist when one of its cornerstones is opposition to freedom of thought and to the right to worship God "according to the dictate of one's own conscience," or according to the creed of any religious denomination whatever.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Faith is necessary to men; woe to him who believes in nothing!
— Victor Hugo
There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest.
— Victor Hugo
The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.
— Victor Hugo
Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.
— Victor Hugo