Religion Quotes
Arlen Specter #Freedom #Religion
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
John Ruskin #Poetry #Religion
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
James Lovelock #Faith #Religion #Respect #Trust
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.
Harriet Ann Jacobs #Money #Religion
There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
Alexander Hamilton #Politics #Religion
In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
Gene Robinson #Faith #Religion
I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life.
Rowan Atkinson #Freedom #Religion
To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.
Stephen Harper #God #Religion
As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.
Mojo Nixon #Fear #God #Religion
I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody.
Hans Urs von Balthasar #Beauty #Religion
Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.
Karl Barth #Alone #Religion
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
King Hussein I #Faith #Religion
Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.
Anna Jameson #Fear #Religion
In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.
Christopher Lasch #Politics #Religion
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
Jonathan Davis #Home #Religion
I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff.
John Keats #Love #Religion
Love is my religion - I could die for it.
Dwight L. Moody #Faith #Religion
It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?
Albert Camus #God #Life #Religion
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Jesse Ventura #Business #Religion #Strength
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.
Joseph Lancaster #Knowledge #Religion
When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may.
Ulysses S. Grant #Family #Religion
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.
Arthur C. Clarke #History #Religion
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
Khalil Gibran #Love #Religion
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
Patrick Henry #Family #Religion
This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
Peter Jennings #Faith #Religion
I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.