Religion Quotes
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Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its tens of thousands.
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I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people.
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Wars have always started over religion.
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Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not my will, but thine, be done." What, then, does a man mean by saying, Science displaces religion, when in this deep sense science itself springs from religion?
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Every single ancient wisdom and religion will tell you the same thing - don't live entirely for yourself, live for other people. Don't get stuck inside your own ego, because it will become a prison in no time flat.
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It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
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Imagine if organized religion organized billions of people and trillions of dollars to tackle the challenges that our economic and political systems are afraid or unwilling to tackle—a planet ravaged by unsustainable human behavior and an out-of-control consumptive economy, the growing gap between the rich minority and the poor majority, and the proliferation of weapons of all kinds—including weapons of mass destruction. “Wow,” people frequently say when I propose these possibilities. “If they did that, I might become religious again.” Some quickly add, “But I won’t hold my breath. It’ll never happen.
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But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?
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The biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.
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Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot.
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It is an interesting and demonstrable fact that all children are atheists and were not religion inculcated in their minds, they would remain so.
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Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
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Music is my religion.
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He prayed on Fridays with the Muslims, on Saturdays with the Jews and on Sundays with the Christians. 'Since each religion claims that it is the only true one and that the others are invalid', the king explained, 'I have decided to hedge my bets'.”
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My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not find them while I live.
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Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers.
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I am convinced that Jesus didn’t come to start a new religion; he came to proclaim a new kingdom.
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He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.
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There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.
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The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion.
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Know your religion, know who you are and don't be ashamed.
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People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.
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There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.
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The object of religion is the imagination, that deep and inexhaustible font of our understanding and symbolizing our deepest possibilities.
