Frances O'Connor Quotes

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against.

One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it.

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious sensibilities of anyone.

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.

I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is.

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.

The Constitution is man-made, so it is not perfect. It's not the basis of my beliefs. My belief system is based on the Scriptures which come from God.

I respect and honor all four great Prophets: Jesus Christ, Mohamed, Moses and Buddha, so that I can appeal to any one of them in heaven

I'd had a strict religious education.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

Well, it all depends on how you, you know, perceive the religion angle. I always say to each their own and I'd much rather have a guy that's going to be preaching religion as oppose a guy who's going to be shooting himself in the leg.

It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

I have a strong spiritual life. I can't say that I have faith that Jesus is my Savior, but I look at Jesus in the same way that I look at, you know, Mohammed. He was giving everyone the goods. So was Gandhi.

Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.