Religion Quotes
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.Aristotle, unknown
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941
Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.Thomas Jefferson
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself, and never mind the rest.Beatrix Potte
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism".
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion.Abraham Lincoln
What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.Albert Einstein
Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non - Existence of Zeus or Thor - But they have few followers now.Arthur C. Clarke
As long as there are fools and rascals, there will be religions.Voltaire, Letter to Frederick, 1767
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.Jorge Luis Borges
A cult is a religion with no political powe.Tom Wolfe
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.Sigmund Freud
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.Napoleon Bonaparte
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.Steven Weinberg, quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999
Religion is the monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.William James
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), James Reston, Galileo, A Life, HarperCollins, NY, 1994, p 461.
I believe I am not mistaken in saying that Christianity is a demanding and serious religion. When it is delivered as easy and amusing, it is another kind of religion altogether.Neil Postman
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.Napoleon
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separate.Ulysses S. Grant
Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabline it to make its peace with its destiny.George Santayana
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.Matthew Arnold
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.Thomas Paine
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.William James
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York Times Magazine, Mar. 12, 1978
The Religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no religion higher than the truth.H Hahn Blavatsky
When it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion.Voltaire
Keep thy religion to thyself.George Carlin
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.Arthur Shopenhaue
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.Stendhal
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.Gilbert Keith Chesterton
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.Honore De Balzac
Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die.F. Forrester Church
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (1972)
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.Douglas Adams, Salmon of Doubt, 2002
If your religion does not make you holy, it will damn you. It is simply painted pageantry to go to hell in.Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.Felix Adle
