Short Inspirational Religious quotes and sayings

"My Religion is simple; My Religion is kindness"

The Dalai Lama

"If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it."

The Buddha

"God does not judge."

John 5

"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."

Blaise Pascal

"Fear God and he will give you knowledge"

Quran quote

"Believers, Jews, Sabaeans or Christians - whoever believes in God and the Last Day and does what is right - shall have nothing to fear or regret"

Quran quote

"O you who believe! seek assistance through patience and prayer; surely Allah is with the patient. (The Cow 2.153)"

Quran quote

"He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh"

Quran quote

"A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky."

Quran quote

"And mankind is naught but a single nation"

Quran quote

A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.

Jewish Proverb

A mother understands what a child does not say.

Jewish Proverb

A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.

Jewish Proverb

As he thinks in his heart, so he is.

Jewish Proverb

As you teach, you learn.

Jewish Proverb

Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.

Jewish Proverb

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Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced. Evil and error are not ultimate. There is no Hell, for that means there is a place where God is not, and there are sins which exceed his love.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), first Vice President of India (1952-1962), and the second President of India (1962-1967).

"We meditate on the transcendental glory of the Deity Supreme,
who is inside the heart of the earth,
inside the life of the sky,
and inside the soul of the heaven.
May He stimulate and illumine our minds. "

The Gayatri Mantra

Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth,
For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men.
Find and follow the good path and be ruled by compassion.
For if the various ways are examined, compassion will prove the means to liberation.

Tirukkural 25: 241-242

It takes a thorn to remove a thorn.

Hindu Proverb

The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself.

Hindu Proverb

A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.

Hindu Proverb

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Hindu Proverb

When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.

Hindu Proverb

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Author of this page: Katinka Hesselink

Katinka Hesselink has been fascinated with religion for as long as she can remember. She started studying theosophy and the world religions in earnest when she was 19. She loves reading books about any and all the spiritual traditions, and reviews them online.

She even did a stint of university studying World Religion, specializing in Buddhism and Indian religions.

She has gathered inspiring quotes and informative articles on Buddhism, Sufism, Mystic Christianity and of course theosophy on her website Katinka Hesselink Net. On her popular spiritual blog All Considering she shares her knowledge, experiences and thoughts on spiritual topics.