One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
-Thomas Paine
"The Age Of Reason"
Quotations
Religion
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
-George Bernard Shaw
The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
-Abu'l Ala Al Ma'arri
The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.
-Ray Bradbury
"The October Country"
Why did the intelligent people of the world lose interest in religion? Because
instead of the talks and teachings of Buddha, Jesus and Krishna, they were
presented with the Bible and Vedas concocted by the religious gurus.
-Deep Trivedi
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.
-Jasper Fforde
"The Eyre Affair"
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.
-Swami Vivekananda
Religion is based primarily and mainly upon fear.
-Bertrand Russell
