I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Self-Reliance and Other Essays"
Quotations
Religion
What is religion?
It is compassion for all things which have life.
-Hitopadesa "Hitopadesa"
Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.
-Dwight Lyman Moody
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Don’t tell me about your god with your words. Show me about your god with your actions.
-Steve Maraboli
"Life, the Truth, and Being Free"
I am for religion, against religions.
-Victor Hugo
All the religions of the world may be good and true. But situated as we are, our own religion is the best for us.
-D. S. Sarma
I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.
-Philip Pullman
Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.
-José Saramago
"Death with Interruptions"
Universal religion has no location in time or space. Its area is infinite, like the God it preaches. It is an experience. It is God-consciousness… All religions are challenged today by a common enemy: the rising tide of skepticism and secularism.
-A Spiritual Leader "Swami Nikhilananda"
