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Quotations by Subject: Religion
(Related Subjects: God, Faith, Belief, Atheism)
Showing quotations 11 to 34 of 34 quotations in our collections

Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.: Flavius Josephus (37 AD - 100 AD), Life
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.: Ian McKellen, Interview on the Today Show, May 2006
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.: James Feibleman
Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
The home of a clergyman is constantly judged by its parishioners. If it is too large and richly decorated, it is the subject of jealousy. If it is too small and humble, it is the subject of scorn. If it is too clean and orderly, it is considered a museum where charity is untouched and kept in a box. If it is slovenly, it is the subject of disgust.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), The Secret Heart of Charlotte Lucas, 2014
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.: Lucretius (96 BC - 55 BC), De Rerum Natura
I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.: Mary Baker Eddy, "Harvest," 1906
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.: Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), 'Literature and Dogma,' preface to 1883 edition, last words
Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Never confuse the faith with the supposedly faithful.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 10-19-06
The only time anyone's admitted they were a Christian before was when they were busy telling me why they're better than me.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 10-19-06
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.: Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.: Sophy Burnham
Whatever God's dream about man may be, it seems certain it cannot come true unless man cooperates.: Stella Terrill Mann
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 (1933 - ), quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999
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 (1743 - 1826)
A cult is a religion with no political power.: Tom Wolfe (1931 - )
Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 06-21-05
My mom grew up in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx and gave me an invaluable piece of advice for dealing with people in New York - if someone's bugging you just act crazy. I've modified her approach somewhat. Public displays of religiosity work just as well as feigning psychosis.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant, 01-14-10
Religions are born and may die, but superstition in immortal.: Will and Ariel Durant, the Age of reason Begins, 1950, The Age of Reason Begins, 1950


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