Religion Quotes

"A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country."

"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion."

"A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime."

"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side."

"After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession."

"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither."

"All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion."

"All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way."

"All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world."

"Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents."

"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true."

"Anybody looking at the history even of the 20th century would not single out Islam as the bloodthirsty religion; it was Christian/Nazi/Communist Europe and Buddhist/Taoist/Hindu/atheist Asia that set records for mass slaughter."

"Apparent contradictions between religion and science often have been the basis of bitter controversy. Such differences are to be expected as long as human understanding remains provisional and fragmentary."

"As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents."

"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."

"Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed - farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There's a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor - the discipline, the call to action."

"Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune."

"Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else's religion, but he'll accept his gold."

"Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion."

"Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God."

"Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies."

"Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common with religion than rational discourse."

"Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties."

"Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced by so many factors such as geography, climate, religion, the economy and technology."

"Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other."

"Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle."

"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."

"Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure."

"Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine."

"Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals."

"Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion."

"Every religion in the world has denounced every other religion as a fraud. That proves to me that they all tell the truth - about others."

"Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad."

"Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble."

"Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion."

"For the record, I don't worship the devil. I just hate religion."

"Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone."

"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."

"Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion."

"Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly."

"God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we're small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion."

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through."

"God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion."

"He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion."

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."

"Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print."

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?"