All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
-Epictetus
Quotations
Religion
Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
-Mahatma Gandhi
It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion.
-Albert Einstein
I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
-Albert Einstein
You look at it, but it is not to be seen; Its name is Formless. You listen to it, but it is not to be heard; Its name is Soundless. You grasp it, but it is not to be held; Its name is Bodiless. These three elude all scrutiny. And hence they blend and become one.
-Scriptures "Tao Te Ching 14"
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender’s inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for everyone else the proper pleasure of ritual.
-C. S. Lewis "C. S. Lewis"
Why does a human being have to be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Buddhist?
Because lacking individuality, he is afraid of standing alone in the crowd...
Whereas, being a "Hindu" he feels a sense of security that one billion people are
there with him. The same is the psychology of Muslims, Christians and Buddhists
too.
-Deep Trivedi
I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.
-Philip Pullman
