Faith Quotes

Belief in something greater, whether divine, human, or simply possible.

24879 quotes

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"Religion is a human universal, not a natural given."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"All religions attempt to order the chaos of existence."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religion is about how we live together."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religion is response and responsibility."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"The sacred marks what we consider non-negotiable."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religion is a system of accountability."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religion is how we imagine ourselves into being."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religion is fundamentally about practice, not just belief."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religion thrives on ambiguity and the space between certainty and doubt."
Wendy Doniger
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"Ritual and myth work together to create meaning in human experience."
Wendy Doniger
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"The sacred is often expressed through the body and through desire."
Wendy Doniger
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"The sacred and the profane are not opposites but intimates."
Wendy Doniger
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"The sacred is encountered in language, in story, in symbol."
Wendy Doniger
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"The sacred texts of other cultures deserve the same respect as our own."
Wendy Doniger
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"Myth and ritual together create the sacred in human experience."
Wendy Doniger
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"Myth is a language for experiences that transcend ordinary discourse."
Wendy Doniger
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"The sacred cannot be contained in a single interpretation."
Wendy Doniger
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"The therapeutic act is fundamentally an act of faith."
Bruno Bettelheim
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"The sacred is not something that exists only in churches or temples; it is woven into the fabric of everyday existence."
Mircea Eliade
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"Every ritual, no matter how small, connects us to the eternal and transcendent aspects of existence."
Mircea Eliade
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"The center of the world exists wherever we recognize the sacred in our surroundings."
Mircea Eliade
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"In rituals, we find a bridge between the temporal and the eternal, the human and the divine."
Mircea Eliade
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"Spiritual experience cannot be manufactured or controlled; it erupts into consciousness when least expected."
Mircea Eliade
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"The sacred appears in disguises; it hides in the ordinary waiting to be discovered."
Mircea Eliade
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"The sacred can break through into profane time at any moment, transforming consciousness irrevocably."
Mircea Eliade
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"Religion is not a natural phenomenon; it is a human invention."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"The sacred is ordinary made extraordinary through attention."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Rituals function as crystallized wisdom."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religious texts must be read as products of their time, not blueprints for eternal truth."
Wendy Doniger
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"Religious fundamentalism often claims ancient authority while ignoring actual ancient complexity."
Wendy Doniger