Ann Robinson Quotes

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.

It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on.

Those of us who believe in God and those of us who have dedicated our lives to helping others in the name of God don't want to take a second seat to anyone who is suggesting that one word out of the platform means that the Democrats across America are godless.

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.

The proof that God has revealed himself to man by special and express communications, and that Christianity constitutes that revelation, is no part of these inquiries.

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

The great moral powers of the soul are faith, hope, and love.

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.

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

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

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

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth.

I believe religion is important for every person.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

I would like to think all our gifts and talents and abilities come from God.

God will protect us, but to make sure, carry a heavy club.

In the case of 'The Bible' series and now 'Son of God,' it has been a combination of what I love to do and what I believe. To be able to do that with the person I love has just really been a blessing.

We all have our convictions formed by different things, and mine are informed by my faith, they're informed by the Word of God, and I found that to be an anchor for me, a compass and a guide for me. When people start bullying one another and calling each other names for those different convictions, then I think you get into problems.

I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.

Truth is, I think, if God just gave us our daily bread, many of us would be angry. 'That's all you're going to give me? You're just going to give me enough to sustain me for today? What about tomorrow or next year or 10, 20, 30 years from now? I want to know that I'm set up.' And yet Jesus says just pray for your daily provisions.

God does guide the lives of individuals and does fill them with the Holy Ghost.

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

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.