On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.
-Terry Pratchett
The role of religion is to make one righteous and loving. Politics means caring for people and their welfare. When religion and politics don’t coexist then you have corrupt politicians and pseudo-religious leaders.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-Mahatma Gandhi
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
-Plato