I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.
-Philip Pullman
Quotations
Religion
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
-Issac Asimov
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.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa "Ramakrishna Paramahamsa"
The measure in which a person is blind in the field of religion, he is equally blind
in understanding all the other truths of life. This is the reason why the world is full
of mentally and intelligently blind people.
-Deep Trivedi
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"
What is religion?
It is compassion for all things which have life.
-Hitopadesa "Hitopadesa"
The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.
-Swami Vivekananda
Hindu religion, where all gods are "kings" meaning the ones who look after the
interests of their subjects; how can that religion consider those who build palatial
ashrams from others donations, as religious?
-Deep Trivedi
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
-Napoleon Bonaparte "Napoleon Bonaparte"
