Quotes about religion
religion departure corruption
It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself. Joseph Glanvill
religion wish anxious
His religion at best is an anxious wish,-like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps. John Keats
religion temples daily-life
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all. Khalil Gibran
religion christianity conviction
What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth! Napoleon Bonaparte
religion infinity kind
Between religion's this is and poetry's but suppose this is, there must always be some kind of tension, until the possible and the actual meet at infinity. Northrop Frye
religion
We shall find God in everything alike, and find God always alike in everything.
religion stones woods
.... all blades of grass, wood, and stone, all things are One.
religion found glad
I don't like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found. Martin Buber
religion church beloved
The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved. Pope John Paul II
religion liberty inseparable
Religion and liberty are inseparable. Religion is voluntary, and cannot and ought not to be forced. Philip Schaff
religion atheism culture
If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. Pope Francis
religion doctrine stories
There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores. Robert A. Heinlein
religion priests function
Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.
religion splits may
God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.
religion ingredients categories
The basic ingredients of psychotherapy are religion, rhetoric, and repression, which are themselves mutually overlapping categories. Thomas Szasz
religion world treasure
A stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; Strange treasures lodged in this fair world appear, Strange all, and new to me. But that they mine should be, who nothing was, That strangest is of all, yet brought to pass. Thomas Traherne
religion culture hearing
The reason to get in touch with the culture is not to adopt it but to engage it for the same reasons a missionary does... to gain a hearing for the gospel. Reggie McNeal
religion murder witch
Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. Sam Harris
religion church augustine
It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas).
religion reform obsolete
The religions are obsolete when the reforms do not proceed from them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
religion true-religion
The religions we call false were once true.
religion atheism lessons
The first and last lesson of religion is, 'The things that are seen are temporal; the things that are not seen are eternal.' It puts an affront upon nature.
religion indifference destroyed
Religion is as effectively destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.
religion
I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is. L. Ron Hubbard
religion stories may
To tell one comprehensive story of how it has happened that what is is, one which shall hold true, come what may, now-after - a story that whatever comes shall perfectly continue or confirm: such is the ideal motive of religions. Laura Riding
religion lines divine
Draw, if thou canst, the mystic line, Severing rightly his from thine, Which is human, which divine.
religion identity progress
Natural religion supplies still all the facts which are disguised under the dogma of popular creeds. The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals.
religion atheism sin
Unbelief is the greatest of sins. Thomas Aquinas
religion atheism needs
Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature; deliberate effects can be traced back to human reason or will as their source. There is no need then to assume that God exists.
religion bunk
Religion is all bunk. Thomas A. Edison
religion essentials knows
The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary. Simone Weil
religion morality trade
Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise. Josh Billings
religion society culture
When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest. Karl Kraus