“ Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions… Dan Brown
“ To man has been given the grief, often, of seeing his gods overthrown and his altars crumbling; but to the wolf and the wild dog that have come in to crouch at man's feet, this grief has never come. U… Jack London
“ The event of falling in love is of such a nature that we are right to reject as intolerable the idea that it should be transitory. In one high bound it has overleaped the massive of our selfhood; it h… C.S. Lewis
“ Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being? Neal Stephenson
“ Sometimes the reason people have a problem accepting 'the gospel' is that they sense that the God lurking behind Jesus isn't safe, loving, or good. It doesn't make sense, it can't be reconciled, and s… Rob Bell
“ She was silent; the great wings almost stopped moving; only a delicate stirring seemed to keep them aloft. Listen, then, Mrs. Whatsit said. The resonant voice rose and the words seemed to be all aroun… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Our group takes what I'll call a Post-Atheist stance. Our position is that god is a creation of human beings, who only exists because of the clap-hands-if-you-believe-in-fairies principle. If enough p… Salman Rushdie
“ One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering. Religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when… Sam Harris
“ No, he said after a pause, the true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the divine to the world of man; it is the sublime vision, which cannot be studied, but must ever be ce… Karen Blixen
“ Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are. Henry David Thoreau
“ My Uncle Malky always said the Lord Leto never responded to prayer. He said the Lord Leto looked on prayer as attempted coercion, a form of violence against the chosen god, telling the immortal what t… Frank Herbert
“ Marty, my mother used to say Never get greedy with God. I think what she meant was Don't dare ask for more if you already have what you need. James Patterson
“ Life is a cosmic grab-bag. At this moment, somewhere in the world, someone is losing a child, skiing down a mountain, having an orgasm, getting a haircut, lying on a bed of pain, singing on a stage, d… Sidney Sheldon
“ Jesus had no money, but was the richest of all time;had no education, but was the smartest of all time;had no titles, but was the noblest of all time;had no pedigree, but was the finest of all time;an… Matshona Dhliwayo
“ In the midst of her tears came the thought, When people are in danger, they ask God to save them; and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human… Louisa May Alcott
“ In fact, it was the religion of Calvin of which Sandy felt deprived, or rather a specified recognition of it. She desired this birthright; something definite to reject. It pervaded the place in propor… Muriel Spark
“ In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work … Elizabeth Gilbert
“ If you're male, and you're Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And sometimes you find your father in your career. Chuck Palahniuk
“ I was learning to recognize when God was speaking through someone. He repeats himself. He says it over and over because we are so stubborn, stupid and unwilling. And even scared. Even when he tells us… Francine Rivers
