Quotes about religion
religion doubt atheism
Who knows most, doubts most. Robert Browning
religion definitions interpretation
Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others. Reza Aslan
religion church want
The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell." Rick Warren
religion liberty foundation
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness. Samuel Adams
religion literature littles
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. T. S. Eliot
religion atheism worship
Atheism: the religion devoted to the worship of one's own smug sense of superiority. Stephen Colbert
religion bills bill-o-reilly
Like all great theologies, Bill [O'Reilly]'s can be boiled down to one sentence: There must be a god, because I don't know how things work. Stephen Colbert
religion spirit spirituality
It must be this rhapsody or none, The rhapsody of things as they are. Wallace Stevens
religion atheism serious
There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. Werner Heisenberg
religion sound one-sentence
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it. Salman Rushdie
religion treasure heavenly
Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word! William Cowper
religion doe pleasure
Religion does not censure or exclude Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued. William Cowper
religion needs heavenly
Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired. William Cowper
religion age energy
Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion. Tony Wilson
religion church pages
Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . . Upton Sinclair
religion has-beens ifs
If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him. Voltaire
religion affair courses
Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated. Voltaire
religion fool firsts
The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool. Voltaire
religion fool firsts
Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool. Voltaire
religion taught caught
Religion is caught, not taught. William Ralph Inge
religion smallest amount
He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts. Winston Churchill
religion deities dissolution
The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity. William Robertson Smith
religion should evidence
Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology. William J. Clinton
religion helping cry
All religions begin with the cry Help. William James
religion firsts needs
Religions have approved themselves; they have ministered to sundry vital needs which they found reigning. When they violated other needs too strongly, or when other faiths came which served the same needs better, the first religions were supplanted. William James
religion chapters egotism
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism. William James
religion atheism maintaining
There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion. Will Durant
religion cloaks
The garb of religion is the best cloak for power. William Hazlitt
religion details spirituality
Caress the detail, the divine detail. Vladimir Nabokov
religion watches authority
To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping. William Penn