Quotes about religion
religion belief cornerstones
Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions. Mahatma Gandhi
religion imperfect evolution
Religion of our conception, thus imperfect, is always subject to a process of evolution and re-interpretation. Mahatma Gandhi
religion fasting praying
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray. Mahatma Gandhi
religion limits
My religion has no geographical limits. Mahatma Gandhi
religion matter makers
My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself. Mahatma Gandhi
religion islam christianity
It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam. Mahatma Gandhi
religion demand may
I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures. Mahatma Gandhi
religion travesty superiors
It is a travesty of true religion to consider one's own religion as superior and other's as inferior. Mahatma Gandhi
religion cows matter
It is not part of religion to breed buffaloes or, for that matter, cows. Mahatma Gandhi
religion cowardice force
To change one's religion under the threat of force is no conversion but rather cowardice. Mahatma Gandhi
religion earth faces
That religion and that nation will be blotted out of the face of the earth which pins its faith on injustice, untruth or violence. Mahatma Gandhi
religion expediency highest
Purest religion is highest expediency. Many things are lawful but they are not all expedient. Mahatma Gandhi
religion balance income
Religion to be true must satisfy what may be termed humanitarian economics, that is, where the income and the expenditure balance each other. Mahatma Gandhi
religion should
Religion should be dearer than life itself. Mahatma Gandhi
religion different different-roads
Religions are different roads converging to the same point. Mahatma Gandhi
religion vicious ruthless
Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless. Eric Hoffer
religion may way
There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good. H. L. Mencken
religion liberty morality
There is only one justification for having sinned, and that is to be glad of it. H. L. Mencken
religion atheism might
A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time. H. L. Mencken
religion atheism absurd
Religion is "so absurd that it comes close to imbecility." H. L. Mencken
religion atheism chiefs
The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore. H. L. Mencken
religion atheism littles
In the absence of fear there is little faith. Michael Palin
religion atheism life-is
The loneliest moment in life is when you have just experienced that which you thought would deliver the ultimate, and it has just let you down. Ravi Zacharias
religion earth results
Results like these [state of the earth] do not belong on the resumé of a supreme being. George Carlin
religion monkeys young
If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both old and young. Francois Rabelais
religion divine warrants
No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant. Christopher Hitchens
religion atheism important
Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important. Christopher Hitchens
religion use principles
Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence. Christopher Hitchens
religion earth way
The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God's representative on earth. Christopher Hitchens
religion half chimpanzees
The gods that we've made are exactly the gods you'd expect to be made by a species that's about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee. Christopher Hitchens
religion honest-woman kicking
Religion Has made an honest woman of the supernatural, And we won't have it kicking over the traces again. Christopher Fry
religion literature this-generation
Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation. Gertrude Stein
religion devil degrade
A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God. Havelock Ellis