Religion Quotes
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The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal.
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Religion is so great a thing that it is right that those who will not take the trouble to seek it if it be obscure, should be deprived of it.
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Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature.
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My life is dedicated to the service of Indians through the religion of nonviolence which I believe to be the root of Hinduism.
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When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
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The affection is mainly biological factor. Then further sort of strengthening, that religion helps.
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A man has no more religion than he acts out in his life.
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I don't believe in religion, for I don't see that your religious people are any better than the rest.
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The essence of spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human. The purpose of religion should be to empower all people in this adventure of living with dignity and fulfillment.
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The two great dividers are religion and LANGUAGE.
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"The only reason some of us are not exiled or thrown into prison is simply because we do not preach as fervently and as sternly as did Paul, John, Peter R.A. Torrey and others. This modern "santa claus" religion that is sweeping country today is not the religion Jesus taught and John practiced."
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If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the Church and Kingdom. Do away with that, then we must do away with the prophets and apostles, with revelation and the gifts and graces of the Gospel, and finally give up our religion altogether.
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My religion is the Earth, man. I believe in trees.
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Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.
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Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn't belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone.
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Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put them in self-danger of coming to mental harm, being unable to cope with the idea of a godless, purposeless life.
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All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of men who had not attained the full development and full possession of their faculties.
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Religion is the tie that binds one to one's Creator, and whilst the body perishes, as it has to, religion persists even after death.
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I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.
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Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Always open minds. Question everything, accept nothing as fact until you prove it for yourself.
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I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.
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Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social duty. Then comes the rise of a priesthood, and the independent thinker is met with punishment in this world and the threat of eternal damnation hereafter. Even today it is from the religious side that the greatest danger to freedom of thought comes. Religion is the last thing that man will civilise.
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Hinduism would not have been much of a religion if Rama had not steeled his heart against every temptation.
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As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood and take innocent life in the name of religion, the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace.
