992 private quotes tagged religion

“If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.” — Madeleine Albright

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“Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.” — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

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“Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.” — Bear Grylls

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“Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.” — Benito Mussolini

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“So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.” — Lucretius

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“The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.” — Arthur C. Clarke

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“Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.” — Vera Farmiga

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“In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.” — Richard M. Nixon

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“Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.” — Azar Nafisi

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“True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.” — William J. H. Boetcker

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“It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.” — Vera Farmiga

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“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.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.” — Joseph Campbell

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“It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.” — Ramakrishna

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“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.” — James Lovelock

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“I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.” — Bill Maher

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“I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it that's my religion.” — Alice Walker

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“You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.” — John Ruskin

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“But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.” — Ernest Holmes

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“Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.” — Epictetus

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“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

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“Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue.” — King Hussein I

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“Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!” — Thomas Huxley

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“I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.” — Howard Stern

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“The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion.” — John Maynard Keynes

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