Michael Novak Quotes

From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.

Some people think that all the equipment you need to discuss religion is a mouth.

The acknowledgement of the Judeo Christian God is not religion.

Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.

Religion and God are totally separate. Religion is created by government. God is God.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

I believe religion is important for every person.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art.

I believe in God. It's a big part of my life. You can bring it up and talk about it without being 'Christian Rocker.'

I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.

I believe in God, absolutely.

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

I'm interested in spirituality and in religion and our relationship to the divine.

I don't think you'll ever hear me invoking God in anything I do.

Religion is never going to go away, and anyone who thinks it will doesn't understand what religion is. It is a language to describe the experience of human nature, so for as long as people struggle to describe what it means to be alive, it will be a ready-made language to express those feelings.

I'm a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

Religion has nothing to do with spirituality.

Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself.

I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments.

I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.