Religions do make claims about the universe - the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.
Richard DawkinsWe aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion, at atheism.
August BebelYou could say people are living longer because of the decline in religion. Not many people believe in the hereafter, so they keep going. [Then again you could say its due to medical and scientific improvement, and speak the truth]
Cyril ClarkeGenius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
Hannah MoreA glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.
John SeldenWhen law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.
Frank HerbertWe cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything to wound the conscience and moral sense of others, may indeed act immorally; but, so long as he is not guilty of being importunate, he violates no right.
Karl Wilhelm Von HumboldtHis religion at best is an anxious wish, - like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps
Thomas CarlyleWhen I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Abraham LincolnA myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
James FeiblemanAdversity reminds men of religion
LivyThe Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheThere is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.
Reinhold NiebuhrI look upon enthusiasm, in all other points but that of religion, to be a very necessary turn of mind; as indeed it is a vein which nature seems to have marked with more or less strength, in the tempers of most men. No matter what the object is, whether business, pleasures or the fine arts: whoever pursues them to any purpose must do so con amore
William MelmothCatholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.
Madonna CicconeAll religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree
Albert EinsteinI'll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.
Montgomery BurnsDifference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics
Wendell PhillipsI don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion.
Mike SchmidtIt may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.
Pearl BuckPassion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Honore De BalzacThere is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.
Eugene IonescoHis Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment to peace, social justice, human dignity, religious freedom and mutual respect among the world's religions.
Kofi AnnanScience can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
Pope John Paul IIFreedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganMy great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
D H LawrenceThe main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.
Thomas HardyFear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
Thomas HobbesA great Pope - our most outstanding fellow countryman, the Holy Father, a good father to all of us, believers and non-believers, followers of different religions - is no more. [On Pope John Paul II]
Aleksander KwasniewskiThe equation of religion with belief is rather recent.
Arnold ToynbeeReligion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.
Anatole FranceReligion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very important throughout my life.
Andy GriffithMy country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Thomas PaineConservatives do not believe that the political struggle is the most important thing in life... The simplest of them prefer fox-hunting, the wisest religion.
Quintin HoggIt is now several months since I promised to give you my reasons for preferring the Bible as a schoolbook to all other compositions. Before I state my arguments, I shall assume the five following propositions:
1 . That Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and that in proportion as mankind adopts its principles and obeys its precepts they will be wise and happy.
2. That a better knowledge of this religion is to be acquired by reading the Bible than in any other way.
3. That the Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
4. That knowledge is most durable, and religious instruction most useful, when imparted in early life.
5. That the Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life.
- Benjamin Rush, Essays, pp. 93-113, 'A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book'.
Benjamin RushI count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance.
Christopher MarloweMayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
Ambrose BierceLife is a mission. Every other definition of life is false, and leads all who accept it astray. Religion, science, philosophy, though still at variance upon many points, all agree in this, that every existence is an aim.
Giuseppe MazziniThere's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.
Michael MooreDoubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
Isaac SingerA union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.
Hugo Black'If you're writing songs, there are two things that you just don't write about: politics and religion. We write about both.'
BonoThe government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
George WashingtonScience without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Albert EinsteinIt is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
Mahatma GandhiA tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side
AristotleThe sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow
C F ForbesOperationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. (Religion without Revelation, 1957)
Sir Julian HuxleyWe all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell.
Karl PopperIn England there are sixty different religions, and only one sauce
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