Religious Leader Quotes

Faith only operates when linked with HIS purposes, and the first of them is to 'bless all families on earth'.

Reinhard Bonnke

Man's earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, his soul upon things which contribute to the comfort and gratification of his physical instincts and passions, or whether he will make as his life's end and purpose the acquisition of spiritual qualities

Science, at its core, is simply a method of practical logic that tests hypotheses against experience. Scientism, by contrast, is the worldview and value system that insists that the questions the scientific method can answer are the most important questions human beings can ask, and that the picture of the world yielded by science is a better approximation to reality than any other.

John Michael Greer

Leave the result to God. From God you have come and unto God you shall go. In between is a temporary passage through time and space. But you are never subject to time and space — you just pass through it. With Guru's blessing, you'll find the guide and the guidance.

Harbhajan Singh Yogi

When the first man created Himself, He was the light of the circle. Then He willed the sun into being It was 6 trillion years between the making of the sun and the creation of man.

Elijah Muhammad

Acquire a peaceful spirit and then thousands of others around you will be saved.

Seraphim of Sarov

Our duty is to preach the gospel to all men.... This is what God expects of us

John Taylor (Mormon)

Just as a tower defends a fortress, so humility of heart defends bodily chastity from the darts of fornication.

Anthony of Padua

Only by being a man or woman for others does one become fully human.

Analysis is like turning a stocking inside out to mend it; synthesis is like turning it back to wear it.

M. Woolsey Stryker

Let us remember that the Savior is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and there can be no greater promise than to know that if we are faithful and true, we will one day be safely encircled in the arms of His love (see D&C 6:20). He is always there to give encouragement, to forgive, and to rescue. Therefore, as we exercise faith and are diligent in keeping the commandments, we have nothing to fear from the journey.

M. Russell Ballard

Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.

God's great work in man takes place in the Interior. The order that appears and is shown outside is the work and effect of the order inside.

Francisco Palau

I am deeply interested in this work. I am anxious to encourage the people to press on in securing their genealogies and after doing so in laboring in our temples.

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.

Halford E. Luccock

The sweetest life is to be ever making sacrifices for Christ; the hardest life a man can lead on earth, the most full of misery, is to be always doing his own will and seeking to please himself.

Edward Bickersteth

If the eternal King started in Bethlehem, so will anyone who follows Him.

Surely the Lord loves, more than anything else, an unwavering determination to obey his counsel.

Howard W. Hunter

Machine thinking is the opposite of mindfulness. If we're really engaged in mindfulness when walking along the path to the village, then we will consider the act of each step we take as an infinite wonder, and a joy will open our hearts like a flower, enabling us to enter the world of reality.

Examining your thoughts is an important part of the practice of self-reflections

The mouth is not satisfied by speaking, and the ears are not satisfied by hearing. The eyes are not satisfied by seeing-each organ seeks out one sensory quality. The hunger of the hungry is not appeased; by mere words, hunger is not relieved. O Nanak, hunger is relieved only when one utters the Glorious Praises of the Praiseworthy Lord.

Desire may be compared to a minute seed. It is like a big banyan tree growing out of a seed, which is no bigger than a dot.

Astrology is like any other branch of knowledge. It can be used for good or for ill, properly or improperly, by skilled and unskilled practitioners alike.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet

Integrity safeguards love, and love makes family life rich and zestful-now and forever.

Russell M. Nelson

A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

Ezra Taft Benson