Religion Quotes

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide.

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

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.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

My life was changed in one breath from God.

Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism.

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

Religion, you know, enters very deep; in reality it is the deepest impression I have in speaking to people, that they are or that they are not of my religion.

I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.

Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life.

There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one.

Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels he has succeeded, he cannot abide anyone else's claim to have done the same.

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.