Religion Quotes
Petronius says that ‘Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived.’ That is very true, otherwise there wouldn’t exist any religion!
La religion n'est pas un pont entre Dieu et l'homme, c'est une Grande Muraille de Chine entre eux!
Ey binamaz diye beni haktan uzak görenSığmaz senin hayaline mihrab-ı minberim Sen sade beş vakitte ararsın ilahını, Ben her zaman onunla emin ol beraberim.
Christians rejected the need for proof to support belief in God, yet dismissed proof altogether when it was there.
I'm dating myself, but this was before Jesus Christ. We worshiped a God named Sashatiba, who had five eyes, including one on the Adam's apple.
The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation — a force for construction and destruction.
All right, so you believe in Santa Claus, and I'll believe in the 'Great Pumpkin.' The way I see it, it doesn't matter what you believe just so you're sincere! (Linus)
We could all use the power of prayer now and then, but it seems to me that the people who are sure they have a direct line to heaven are most often calling collect with bad news.
A man and woman in search of something are always blown apart, but it's the same wind that blows them.
The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater.
All of the world's religions have important things to teach us, and they are not as different from each other as some would have you believe.
Ah well, I suppose that's the problem with trying to make others follow your own beliefs: what starts out as spiritual ardor too often becomes arrogance and bigotry.
The belief that the world was created yesterday seems to hold great appeal to those born at that time.
No, " I said simply. "I hate no one. I want only to be left in peace to understand the mysteries of the universe in my own way.
The Qu'ran is God's song, not ours, not even Muhammad's. To allow such a song to pass through one's body, however imperfectly, is to discover that the instrument is transformed by the music.
Ben laughed. "You think all religions are scams, don't you?""Yes, I suppose I do, " Epstein said. "But the religions are mostly scamming themselves. That they scam others is usually a side-effect.
Never underestimate the ridiculous things that have been done in the name of religious-semantic obscurity.
Maybe we should Create a 'Happy God Day' and make it the one day of the year you can't kill each other.
Well, it just figures, " Younger told him, like a man explaining his religion.
Substance of your belief has nothing to do with the size of the book you use or how often you open it.
Some say God exists outside creation if in fact he did breath in Adams nostrils he became part of humanity and creation.
The most important question I ever asked a priest was where are the Bingo Dobbers at?
I am fashionably unimpressed with the material world. I am moved by the beauty of aspiration, and I hope that I can elevate myself to the standards I have imposed on others.
Why would you accept the Jesus of the Bible, if you have rejected the Bible of Jesus?
The world of fundamental religion does not recognize even the slightest variation in meaning should this meaning fall outside its own definition of truth.
The tendency to turn human judgements into divine commands turns religion into one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart.
Whereas cognitive constraints on negative emotions can reduce distress, freeing positive emotions from such constraints can enhance religious experience.
The prayer of a trained theurgist is like the majestic flow of a large river but an ignorant and weak person can produce only something similar to an irregular trickle from a half-clogged tap.
I think that Gnosticism is about discovering the way that God has turned into you, and then realizing that if you can describe how it is that God turned into you, you can reverse the process.
La libertad nos mantiene volando alto, pero la contienda destruye nuestra habilidad de volar.
El amor de Cristo nos ayuda a mirar más allá del amor de otros.
Mientras más mengüe tu nivel de inseguridad, más crecerá tu nivel de fe.
Nuestra expectativa debe de ser mayor en nosotros mismos que en las demás personas.
El error más grande al caer es quedarnos en el piso.
Más importante que empezar bien nuestro caminar con Dios es terminar bien la obra.
Some people do polarizing the religion against science. I use both to solve a problem with two different kind of approach.
My mother was a good Catholic -- she went to mass twice a week at St. Mary's in Richmond, but my father was an Orthodox Eclectic.
The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42)
Writing my own novels in the '90s...I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
The turmoil and dislocations confronting present-day society will not be solved until both the scientific and religious genius of the human race are fully utilized.
But that which fanaticism formerly promised to the elect, science now accomplishes for all men.
On the church vaulting above was the clock-face of eternity, void of number and serving as its own hand, only one black finger was pointing and the dead wanted to tell the time by it.