Quotes of: Religious-man Keyword

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

Paul Tillich

By the way, I'm not a vegetarian. I have a lot of respect for people who are vegetarian for religious or ethical reasons.

Eric Schlosser

There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.

Rufus Wainwright

I am enormously susceptible to religious environments - the music, the liturgy and the prayers.

Elaine Pagels

A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.

Alexander Cockburn

India has a long tradition of reinterpreting religious myths.

Amish Tripathi

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.

Christopher Lasch

Lester Burnham: Man, oh man. Man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man. [last words, while looking at a picture of his family]

American Beauty

A blind man needs no looking glass.

Scottish

When a rich man wants children, he gets dollars, when a poor man wants dollars, he gets children.

Arabian

I like the relaxed way in which the Japanese approach religion. I think of myself as basically a moral person, but I'm definitely not religious, and I'm very tired of the preachiness and obsession with other people's behavior characteristic of many r...

Dave Barry Does Japan

I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, - a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, - and a dark shelter under, which the darkest, foule...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

But saints and angels behold that glory of God which consists in the beauty of His holiness; and it is this sight only that will melt and humble the hearts of men, wean them from the world, draw them to God, and effectually change them. A sight of th...

The Religious Affections

An important distinction needs to be made in politics between allowing your values to guide you and keeping religion and government separate. Liberals are rightly concerned about government-established and government-supported religion, especially in...

Deval Patrick

Non-professionals can also misrepresent the personal characteristics, religious beliefs, and appearance, of these therapists, can name-call and otherwise mock them, and can attribute false agendas to them, such as assigning religious motives to secul...

Ellen P. Lacter

The bachelor is a peacock, the engaged man a lion, and the married man a jackass.

German

Dr. Frederick Treves: Am I a good man? Or a bad man?

The Elephant Man

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

Du Mu

Hang a German, even if he is a good man.

Russian

The open house makes a good man of the thief.

Spanish

If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.

Saudi Arabian