Religion Quotes

We live in a climate of fear, and because of this whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion.

One of the keystones of romantic love - and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics - is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved.

Maximize that which gives you joy: friends, hobbies, religion, etc

If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were.

Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.

In the spirit of tolerance, you should allow us to execute homosexuals.

What gets in our way is history and culture and religion and economic conditions. It is part of the hypnosis of our social conditioning.

Science ever has been, and ever must be, the safeguard of religion.

Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today.

A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to the most cherished doctrines of religion.

Convulsions in nature, disorders, prodigies, miracles, though the most opposite of the plan of a wise superintendent, impress mankind with the strongest sentiments of religion.

If one has belief, knowledge is lacking. If one has knowledge, belief is unnecessary.

According to science, the universe began as a swirl of gas that, as it cooled, spun off the Ten Commandments.

The only consistency is hostility toward Western religion.

All of science is built on territory once occupied by gods. Is there some boundary at which science is supposed to stop?

Science differs from politics or religion, in precisely this one discipline: we agree in advance to simply reject our own findings when they have been shown to be in error.

I have often thought that the difference between a cult and a religion is an IRS ruling.

Every religion, in my opinion, has something to bring, and I think we all learn from everyone that there's no right, perfect way to look at something.

I miss going to church, but I think the Lord understands.

Anthroposophie is not a religion but a tool for understanding of religions.

All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.

Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.

The lovers of God have no religion but God alone.

Any one in love will have no religion.

To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

To not believe in God is to know that it falls to us to make the world a better place.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

The Christian religion is hopeless without the Holy Ghost.

Ah, well, during the Middle Ages, religion was often able to redeem art. Today, however, art is about the only thing that can redeem religion, and the clerics will never forgive us for that.

O Lord, I wish to promote thy holy religion which is dreadfully neglected. I am desirous to save young persons from the vices of the age.

I am fascinated in religion and theology and what people believe.

One of the greatest problems of humanity is how to live in a multi religious society without losing one's religion - without relativising everything.

Religion originates in the child's and young mankind's fears and need for help. It cannot be otherwise.

The one thing I like about the religion is, I'm never at a loss to do something. No matter what happens in my life, there is something for me to do so I don't feel as though I have lost control.

Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.

Atheism: the religion devoted to the worship of one's own smug sense of superiority.

The enemy of knowledge and science is irrationalism, not religion

The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning.

I'm always very self-conscious and assume the way faith or religion might come up in my plays will seem very harsh to people of faith, or who are currently practicing.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

God is by definition the holder of all possible knowledge, it would be impossible for him to have faith in anything. Faith, then, is built upon ignorance and hope.

There are few pages of history which do not demonstrate that public prayer and ritual never inoculated people against mass-madness and cruelty. What is needed is emphasis on morality and manners.

With America's role in the world, we have the ability to help protect the freedom of religion around the globe.

If language is to be of any use to us, then we ought to try and preserve the meaning of words, and 'god' historically has not meant the laws of nature.

I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion - it is India.

We must approach religion with reverence and with love, and our heart will stand up and say, this is truth, and this is untruth.

Our religion teaches that anger is a great sin, even if it is "righteous".

We do not seek to thrust the principles of our religion upon anyone. The fundamental principles of our religion forbid that.

The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.