Religious Sayings

114 sayings found from the Modern era from 114 authors

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

— C.S. Lewis 1945
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared with the life of a businessman.

— Roald Dahl 1974
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The Jew is a race that has no civilization to point to, no aspiring religion, no great achievements in any realm.

— Charles Lindbergh 1938
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I was praying to the light and to the darkness, to God and to the sun, to let me live quietly with my family. I don't know what the reason was that people should speak badly of me. I don't want to be blamed. The fault was not mine. Blame those three …

— Geronimo 1886
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Catherine Guinness [...] didn't get heavy until the last day, when she started with that annoying thing the English do of asking and asking: 'What exactly is Pop Art?' It was like when we interviewed that blues kid, Albert King, for Interview, and sh…

— Andy Warhol Undated, likely 1970s-1980s
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As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate.

— Marilyn Monroe Unknown
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Should emergency arise, offer yourselves courageously to the State; and thus guard and maintain the prosperity of Our Imperial Throne coeval with heaven and earth.

— Meiji Emperor 1890
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The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the hidden side of things. They bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language—the word 'enthusiasm'—en theos—a god within.

— Louis Pasteur 1878
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I'm not a jazz singer. I'm a folk singer. I'm a classical singer. I'm a blues singer. I'm a pop singer. I'm a gospel singer. I'm a rock 'n' roll singer. I'm a soul singer. I'm a singer.

— Nina Simone 1960s-1970s
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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held…

— Kwame Nkrumah 1957
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Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

— Agatha Christie 1936
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The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, 2001 shows that what some people call 'god' is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don't understand, they call 'god'... Everything we know about the universe reveals that there is no …

— Stanley Kubrick 1969
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I have been reproached for having given myself to science. I have been reproached for having neglected my family. I have been reproached for having neglected my country. I have been reproached for having neglected my God. I have been reproached for h…

— Marie Curie 1911
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If we want to restore our national position, besides uniting all the great groups of our nation into a great national body, we must first revive our ancient morality. What is our ancient morality? It is loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, faith…

— Sun Yat-sen 1924
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