We saw what happened in Jimmy Carter's administration. President Carter was a good man with the best of intentions. But he came to Washington without a good working relationship with Democratic members of Congress, which played a big part in his administration's problems. Jim Hunt on relationship
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean, I sympathize with them, I understand them. There should be a name (as poetic as love) for this relationship between loather and loathed it is of the closest and more full of passion than incest. Laura Riding on relationship
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple the philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama on religion
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. Mahatma Gandhi on religion
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C. S. Lewis on religion
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. C. S. Lewis on religion
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus on religion
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples my philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama on religion
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Buddha on religion
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself. Swami Vivekananda on religion
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. Helen Keller on religion
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit. Khalil Gibran on religion
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God. Albert Einstein on religion
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. Theodore Roosevelt on religion
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates on religion
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart on religion
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. Mahatma Gandhi on religion
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. Napoleon Bonaparte on religion
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu on religion
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths. Muhammad Ali on religion