Ovadia Yosef 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.

There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom. Whether it be of law, business, morals...he who seeks for guidance...may look inside its covers and find illumination...

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.

Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law.

Oddly enough, George Pal always began and ended something with The Bible. All his pictures had a religious undertone. God was always there, protecting us.

Sound principles and eternal truths need to be frequently repeated so that we do not forget their application nor become dissuaded by other arguments.

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.

The Bible is the fountain of truth.

The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.

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

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

The essential principles of revealed religion are part of the common law.

Muslims are bound to know all the tenets of their religion, to discuss them and to regulate their lives accordingly. Therefore, a purely secular education without religious instructions would be like a body without soul.

Secular thinkers have a separation between thinking and doing. They don't have a grasp of the balance sheet. The doers are selling us potted plants and pizzas while the thinkers are a little bit unworldly. Religions both think and do.

An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring.

I did study religion for a little while. I studied the Torah and the Holy Koran, Helios Biblos, which is considered by most people to be the Holy Bible. I just wanted to know, even with Buddhism and the Dalai Llama.

Guru Nanak Dev lives in our hearts. He is our common legacy. He is the guiding light for the entire humanity.

The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

Never be afraid of your Bibles.