Faith & Spirituality Sayings

357 sayings found from 357 authors

I would rather be damned with Plato and Lord Bacon, than go to heaven with Paley and Malthus.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley 1811
Biblical

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!

— William Wordsworth 1805
Biblical

I swear to the Lord I still can't see why Democracy means everybody but me.

— Langston Hughes 1949
Biblical

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?

— James Baldwin 1956
Biblical

I have no problem with God. I have a problem with people who use God to justify their own bigotry.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson 2013
Biblical

I've touched the soul of a chimpanzee, and it changed my life forever.

— Jane Goodall 1999
Biblical

The beauty of a tree, the song of a bird, the murmur of a stream—these are the things that nourish the soul.

— Rachel Carson 1965
Biblical

The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don't have to understand anything.

— James Watson 2007
Biblical

The stars are not just lights in the sky, they are the writing of God.

— Tycho Brahe late 16th century
Biblical

The Lord is pleased to teach me by my failures.

— Robert Boyle mid-17th century
Biblical

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

— Vincent van Gogh 1880s
Biblical

My lord hang this piece in a strong light and such that one can stand far away so that it will sparkle at its best.

— Rembrandt 1639
Biblical

I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint…

— Claude Monet 1890s (approx.)
Biblical

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you.

— Genghis Khan 1227
Biblical

It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible.

— George Washington Unknown
Biblical

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

— Abraham Lincoln c. 1860s
Biblical

We must remain modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and serve the Chinese people heart and soul.

— Mao Zedong 1949
Biblical

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

— Thomas Jefferson 1800
Biblical

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of food.

— Mahatma Gandhi 1931
Biblical

As mother and daughter yelled at each other, Billie screamed, 'God bless the child that's got his own!'

— Billie Holiday Early 1940s (song released 1941)
Biblical
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