To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first-hand experience which in its origins, or means, or end has passed through one of the five senses. And if we doubt the certainty of everything which passes through the senses, how much more ought we to doubt things contrary to these senses – ribelli ad essi sensi – such as the existence of God or of the soul or similar things over which there is always dispute and contention. And in fact it happens that whenever reason is wanting men to cry out against one another, which does not happen with certainties. For this reason we shall say that where the cry of controversy is heard, there is no true science, because the truth has one single end and when this is published, argument is destroyed for ever.
Leonardo da VinciTags: science experience universal-truths religious
The fatted calf, the best Scotch, the hoedown could all have been his too, any time he asked for them except that he never thought to ask for them because he was too busy trying cheerlessly and religiously to earn them.
Frederick BuechnerTags: parable religious prodigal-son fatted-calf
The foolish of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of god is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that may not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath choses the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. And bade things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: inspirational religious
Where's your church?"
"We're standing in it."
"But this is a bookstore and it's a Friday."
"Yes, but you might also choose to see it as a cathedral of the human spirit-a storehouse consecrated to the full spectrum of human experience. Just about every idea we've ever had is in here somewhere. A place containing great thinking is a sacred space.
Tags: wisdom books knowledge humanity spiritual religion faith hope book spirituality religious book-lover bookstore sacred human-spirit human-experience sacredness sacred-texts sacred-space sacred-wisdom unitarian-universalism unitarian-universalist uu
God wants to use you in spite of your weaknesses. Of God chose to use perfect people only, He’d have no one to use
Joel OsteenTags: religious
They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?
Qur'an 2 30Tags: inspirational religious philosophical-musings qur-an
Wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction and many go that way
Mary Doria RussellTags: inspirational religious
A respectful woman is a righteous woman.
Habeeb AkandeTags: women relationships respect religious righteous male-female-relationships
Any religion can be compared to the attic of an old home. Unless the attic is regularly cleaned, it gathers dust and cobwebs and eventually becomes unusable. Similarly, if a religion cannot be updated or cleaned from time to time, it loses its usefulness and cannot relate anymore to changed times and people.
BhaskaranandaTags: life buddhism christianity religion faith respect tolerance religious islam hinduism
A righteous wife is a respectful wife.
Habeeb AkandeTags: women marriage respect religious wife piety righteous male-female-relationships
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