Quotations
Religion
A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.
- Alan Wilson Watts
Far better it is for you to say: I am a sinner, than to say: I have no need of religion. The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.
- Fulton J. Sheen
Only that, which influences everyone everywhere equally is the blessing of God
like sun, moon, air, water and human life. How could having different scriptures
and diverse beliefs for various religions ever be termed as being religious?
- Deep Trivedi
I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.
- Bill Maher
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand
- Mark Twain
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
- Khalil Gibran
Religion is based primarily and mainly upon fear.
- Bertrand Russell
Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.
- George Carlin
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
- Oscar Wilde
One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.
- Richard Dawkins
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