Zal Batmanglij Quotes

My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

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

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.

I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way.

I'm from a family with five kids in it, and my father almost became a Catholic priest. And my mother never went to church, but she's the best Christian I know. My siblings have all chosen different paths to or away from their spirituality.

In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.

I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denomination. I'm not Catholic or Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist or Jewish or Muslim. I'm none of those things. And I'm sure that's just fine with God.

Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility.

Religions get lost as people do.

I lead a multi-faith life.

There's been so much rhetoric in the past decade about how important religion is to being a good person, for people to say they don't believe in God.

The answer to bad religion is not secularism. It’s better religion.

I'll watch things on OWN like 'Belief,' which is about faith.

I connected to this idea of faith and spirituality and religion and Christianity being a very strong crux of who I am at the core and how a lot of what we think and believe is based around our spiritual beliefs.

I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I don’t. It’s the great mystery. (Steve Jobs)

Faith can take many different forms and expressions.

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.

I am a man that has a lot of respect for faith and spirituality. I think it is important that we talk about religion in today's world.

Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

My religion is my most precious possession. Except for it, I could easily have become excessively occupied with industry. Sharing responsibility for church work has been a vital counterbalance in my life.

Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet.

I enjoy going to church.