Madison Smartt Bell Quotes

I go out into America, and I am literally navigating a minefield. Godliness has become abnormal.

And I think that George Bush really is a very godly person.

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

I'm a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I'm not that good at all.

I think something that's very relevant in real life and that they don't portray enough on TV is that when you think 'Christian,' you think 'goody two shoes' - they have to look a certain way and do certain things - and it's just not true.

Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty.

Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.

Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem — for purely religious purposes, of course — to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.

I urge you to help me in my battle for Christian values.

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.

I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion.

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

Fear God and work hard.

Being Mormon is a big part of who I am, and I try very hard to live the right way, but I don't know that I'm an example. I hate to say, 'Yes, look at me. I'm a good example of being Mormon.' I want to be the best person I can be, so in that aspect, maybe I'm a good example.

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.