The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.
Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.
The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
I definitely try to broaden the scope of music. I don't know if it's pop or classical or what, but I'm religiously challenging myself all the time, for better or for worse.
Muslim leaders should ask themselves what exactly their relationship is to a political movement that encourages young men to kill and maim on religious grounds.
Everywhere in the world there are tensions - economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.
The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.
I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message.
I want my personal life to be personal.
All I've learned in today's Shakespeare class is: Sometimes you have to fall in love with the wrong person just so you can find the right person. A more useful lesson would've been: Sometimes the right person doesn't love you back. Or sometimes the r...
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
Knowledge, humbles a great person, astonishes the common, and puffs up the small.
And God does have a personality. He can't hide from us. His personality shines through every Hebrew letter, on every page. Sometimes we forget that God is a person--not a fleshly person, but a person nonetheless. (page iii)
A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We...
You don't marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as the result of being.
The hardest person to wake up is the person who is already awake.
As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.
An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try.
