Religion Quotes

For one man who thanks God that he is not as other men there are a thousand to offer thanks that they are as other men, sufficiently as others are to escape attention.

Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things.

Religion is not a melancholy, the spirit of God is not a damper.

If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.

I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped lead me through a war, leads me today.

The type of religion which rejoices in the pious sound of traditional phrases, regardless of their meanings, or shrinks from "controversial" matters, will never stand amid the shocks of life.

Certainly it does make the greatest possible difference what we think about God; the knowledge of God is the very basis of religion.

No more religion anymore. No more who's a Moslem and who's a Protestant.

Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.

I'm not sure if that answers the question and I have absolutely no problem with any major world religion on Earth.

What was even more germane was my study of the history of religion. It was one of the few things in school I was fascinated by.

To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him.

In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.

At one time I was so much involved in the religious bullshit that I used to go around calling myself a Christian Communist, but as Janov says, religion is legalised madness.

We're not disinterested in politics. It's just that politicians are disinteresting.

I've always been politically minded, you know, and against the status quo.

I've never voted. I've never voted yet although I could have voted for the last ten years.

In my case I've never not been political, though religion tended to overshadow it in my acid days.

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.

The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.

The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.

There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.

Politicians don't really bring up religion in England.

Where the Bible is esteemed as the inspired and inerrant Word of God, preaching can flourish. But where the Bible is treated merely as a record of valuable religious insight, preaching dies.

Morality does not depend on religion.

There are many religions, but there is only one morality.

Men say they are of the same religion, for quietness' sake; but if the matter were well examined, you would scarce find three anywhere of the same religion on all points.

Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.

We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth.

The miracle stories of the New Testament can no longer be interpreted in a post-Newtonian world as supernatural events performed by an incarnate deity.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

There are some great values in Christianity, but I think the values are located more deeply in our humanity than they are in our religion. There are certainly some survival values.

So much organized religion, in my opinion, ends up being life-denying.

I think I could make the case for any kind of organized religion, but I'm not an expert in those, so let me narrow my focus to talk about Christianity.

Not only does the liberal paradigm not even come close to agreeing with the social and economic reality on the ground today, worse, it has largely congealed into a political religion. . .

Language. By this we build pyramids, fight battles, ordain and administer laws, shape and teach religion, and knit man to man, cultivate each other, and ourselves.

God is a word to express, not our ideas, but the want of them.

It is conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable.

Is there any moral enormity which might not be justified by imitation of such a Deity?

Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of religion.

Religion is a fascinating black hole to me.

I don't care what your religion is, as long as it doesn't chastise anybody that's not part of it.

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.

Mormons know that its not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion.

Morality binds and blinds.

I'm the type of spiritual person that doesn't speak openly about their spirituality. Irony is probably my religion.

We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been a major force in shaping England into such a tolerant society.

Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.

Literature was the only religion her father practiced, when a book fell on the floor he kissed it, when he was done with a book he tried to give it away to someone who would love it.