Religious Sayings

All life does matter, but the reason that I say Black lives matter is because we are the original people of this world. So in essence, everyone here has some Black in you. You've all got some soul in you, so stop denying your culture.

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.

If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the event is in the hand of God.

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.

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.

Let no one when young delay to study philosophy, nor when old grow weary of studying it. For no one is either too early or too late for the health of the soul.

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.

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…

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

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.

I know myself, and I have such a sense of religion that I shall never do anything which I would not do before the whole world; but I am alarmed at the very thoughts of being in the society of people, during my journey, whose mode of thinking is so en…

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 …

Do not take it as an insult that you have been defeated and taken prisoner… I have conquered greater kingdoms than yours, and have defeated other more powerful lords than you, imposing upon them the dominion of the Emperor, whose vassal I am, and who…

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…

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…

The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or at least to neglect, persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of soci…

I am a god.

I was asked to speak at a conference of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. I don't know what they were doing there, but they were there. And I was asked to speak to them about the importance of family. And I said, 'Well, you know, the problem wit…

I am God.