“Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.”
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“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”
“Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.”
“If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.”
“We are punished by our sins, not for them.”
“Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.”
“Wonder is the basis of worship.”
“If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.”
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
“I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.”
“One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.”
“Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.”
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.”
“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
“A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.”
“Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.”
“It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.”
“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.”
“Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.”
“Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.”
“One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.”
“Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.”
“All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.”