Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
-Seneca the Younger "Seneca the Younger"
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
-Fulton J. Sheen
Question is, why did the truly "intelligent" people distance themselves from
the great personalities like Krishna, Jesus and Buddha? Because, in order to
strengthen their individual businesses, religious gurus associated miracles with
them. Now, an intelligent person may agree with anything but can never accept
'miracles'.
-Deep Trivedi
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
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.
The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.
-Swami Vivekananda
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
-Issac Asimov
The word Christianity is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.
-Friedrich Nietzsche