Quotations
Religion
Religion is just mind control.
- George Carlin
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why impress false religion on the world? It will be of no service to it. Why run about for the sake of wealth? You cannot escape from death… Think, O think, you thoughtless fool, you shall have in the end to depart alone.
- A Spiritual Leader
Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.
- Christopher Paolini
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
- Dalai Lama
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
- Seneca the Younger
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God.
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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