Quotes about Religion

The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for his return. They looked backward to the cross and the atonement for sin, and rejoiced in Christ crucified. They looked upward to Christ at the right hand of God, and rejoiced in Christ interceding. They looked forward to the promised return of their Master, and rejoiced in the thought that they would see him again. And we ought to do the same

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life.

The kind of poetry I write, lyric poetry, I think is really concerned with intimacy, with mystery. That needn't be religious mystery, there are mysteries to do with everyday life.

It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .

Many believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.

If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.

Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support.