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Oprah Winfrey: The Golden Rule runs through every world religion
“The central thread that runs through all of them is the line of compassion, treating others as the way you want to be treated. The golden rule runs through every Religion.”
Oprah: Every individual, including atheists, maintains a foundational belief system
“Every one of us, even those of us who say we're atheists, believe in something, even if you just believe in Your value system, or you believe in, you know, being a good person”
Oprah Winfrey: Individual identity depends on understanding collective cultural roots
“If you don't know who you are as a people, then you won't know who you are as a person.”
Oprah Winfrey: Pew research shows two-thirds of millennials lack belief
“According to the Pew studies, there are like two-thirds of millennials who don't believe in anything.”
Oprah Winfrey: Personal Power Depends on Connection to Spiritual Source
“Your Power here on earth, your ability to be who you were meant to be, whatever you call your creator, is in direct proportion to how you are connected to the source.”
Oprah Winfrey: People Are Responsible for the Intentions Behind Their Actions
“The moment the energy goes out, that energy Can do nothing else but return. So for every action, there's an equal opposite reaction. And as we were talking in the car, beyond even the action and reaction is the intention behind the action. So you have to not j…”
Oprah Winfrey: Personal faith is distinct from institutional religion
“Faith is a very personal thing. You know, religion, there are Hundreds and hundreds of religions in the world, but how you choose to believe and what your faith is and your relationship with that which you call the higher power, your creator, God, that's your …”
Oprah says 'Belief' series was not created for ratings or financial profit
“The opportunity, ah, to offer this series to the world is, to me, it feels like literally an offering, and it's not about ratings, and it's not about, you know, trying to make a lot of money from it, or all the other things, reasons why people do television.”
Oprah Winfrey: Seeking Higher Power Defined Human Existence Since Neanderthal Times
“You see rituals that indicate that there was a belief system, and that there was there were ideas and ideals about that which was greater than themselves. And I think that to be human is to seek that in one form or another.”