Religion Quotes
There 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 Ionesco
Age childish makes, they say, but 'tis not true;
We're only genuine children still in Age's season.
[Ger., Das Alter macht nicht kindisch, wie man spricht,
Es findet uns nur noch als wahre Kinder.]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the spritual law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we shall have no wounds to bind with Gospel bandages.
Walter J Chantry
I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't allow this life - the only thing I know to exist - to be wasted.
George Clooney
Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.
James Anthony Froude
Once again, only religion can answer the question of the purpose of life. One can hardly be wrong in concluding that the idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system.
Sigmund Freud
If the God of revelation is most appropriately worshipped in the temple of religion, the God of nature may be equally honored in the temple of science. Even from its lofty minarets the philosopher may summon the faithful to prayer, and the priest and sage exchange altars without the compromise of faith or knowledge.
David Brewster
I was raised in a strict fundamentalist household, and I always say that gives you a muscle of belief. I want to believe in something, but I don't believe in what my parents believed in. Poetry has taken the place, or I think the arts have taken the place, of religion in my life. I wanted to see how that was working out through the poems.
Barbara Hamby
The primary battle which religion must fight today is the battle to justify its own existence.
Georgia Harkness
To put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practice our religion.
Alphonsus Liguori
The practice of truth and nonviolence melted religious differences, and we learnt to see beauty in each religion.
Mahatma Gandhi
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.
Hillary Clinton
