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Religion Quotes

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions Picture Quote #1

Liberals hate religion because politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can’t stand the competition Picture Quote #1

The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic systems. Fighting is useless. Suicide Picture Quote #1

In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis Picture Quote #1

If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning etc., beginning from his youth, and so go to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last Picture Quote #1

The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics Picture Quote #1

It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics Picture Quote #1

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness Picture Quote #1

The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no in the endeavor of science. We do not know in advance who will discover fundamental insights Picture Quote #1

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here Picture Quote #1

As a species we’re fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion? Picture Quote #1

And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you’re going to repeat it; and if you’re burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don’t get it, you’re missing the whole point Picture Quote #1

When a man is born... there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets Picture Quote #1

Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action Picture Quote #1

I’d be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn’t believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don’t think it does Picture Quote #1

At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for everyone... It’s not too late to help a neighbor in need and to do it with the swiftness, expertise, generosity and love that resides in the best of who we are Picture Quote #1

Religion belonged to the infancy of humanity. Now that humanity had come of age, it should be left behind Picture Quote #1

Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important Picture Quote #1

I am utterly fed up with the respect we have been brainwashed into bestowing upon religion Picture Quote #1

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them Picture Quote #1

Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table Picture Quote #1

The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion Picture Quote #1

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude Picture Quote #1

Where beauty is worshipped for beauty’s sake as a goddess, independent of and superior to morality and philosophy, the most horrible putrefaction is apt to set in. The lives of the aesthetes are the far from edifying commentary on the religion of beauty Picture Quote #1

In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order Picture Quote #1

A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet our religious traditions are intellectually defunct and politically ruinous. While spiritual experience is clearly a natural propensity of the human mind, we need not believe anything on insufficient evidence to actualize it Picture Quote #1

Zen, per se, is not just an art, it’s not just a religion, it’s a realisation Picture Quote #1

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein Picture Quote #1

The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science Picture Quote #1

Lies are the religion of slaves and bosses. Truth is the God of the free man Picture Quote #1

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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions (Religion Quotes) Liberals hate religion because politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can’t stand the competition (Religion Quotes) The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic systems. Fighting is useless. Suicide (Religion Quotes) In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis (Religion Quotes) If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning etc., beginning from his youth, and so go to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last (Religion Quotes) The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics (Religion Quotes) It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics (Religion Quotes) The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness (Religion Quotes) The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no in the endeavor of science. We do not know in advance who will discover fundamental insights (Religion Quotes) Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here (Religion Quotes) As a species we’re fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion? (Religion Quotes) And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you’re going to repeat it; and if you’re burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don’t get it, you’re missing the whole point (Religion Quotes) When a man is born... there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets (Religion Quotes) Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action (Religion Quotes) I’d be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn’t believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don’t think it does (Religion Quotes) At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for everyone... It’s not too late to help a neighbor in need and to do it with the swiftness, expertise, generosity and love that resides in the best of who we are (Religion Quotes) Religion belonged to the infancy of humanity. Now that humanity had come of age, it should be left behind (Religion Quotes) Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important (Religion Quotes) I am utterly fed up with the respect we have been brainwashed into bestowing upon religion (Religion Quotes) When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them (Religion Quotes) Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table (Religion Quotes) The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion (Religion Quotes) If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude (Religion Quotes) Where beauty is worshipped for beauty’s sake as a goddess, independent of and superior to morality and philosophy, the most horrible putrefaction is apt to set in. The lives of the aesthetes are the far from edifying commentary on the religion of beauty (Religion Quotes) In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order (Religion Quotes) A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet our religious traditions are intellectually defunct and politically ruinous. While spiritual experience is clearly a natural propensity of the human mind, we need not believe anything on insufficient evidence to actualize it (Religion Quotes) Zen, per se, is not just an art, it’s not just a religion, it’s a realisation (Religion Quotes) If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein (Religion Quotes) The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science (Religion Quotes) Lies are the religion of slaves and bosses. Truth is the God of the free man (Religion Quotes)

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