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Quotes About Belief

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.
~ Thomas Paine
As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.
~ Juliana Hatfield
Fear is the mother of all gods.
~ Lucretius
The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.
~ Martin Luther
Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.
~ Raymond Queneau
If it were proven that there is no God there would be no religion. ...But also if it were proven that there is a God, there would be no religion.
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
~ Simone Weil
THE MAJORITY of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all
~ Richard Dawkins
If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.
~ Émile Chartier
I believe climate change is real, but I reject the cap and trade solution of John - of, you know, of Al Gore. He's made a religion. It's a problem.
~ Lindsey Graham
Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
~ H. L. Mencken
Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.
~ John Calvin
The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it.
~ Mark Twain
Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
~ Samuel Butler
Consumerism is our national religion.
~ Jennifer Stone
I do engineering, not religion.
~ Daniel J. Bernstein
Christianity is a religion for losers.
~ Ted Turner
One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.
~ Albert Einstein
The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
~ John B. S. Haldane
Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood.
~ Adam Phillips, On Balance
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.
~ Reinhold Niebuhr
The death of God left the angels in a strange position.
~ Donald Barthelme
Spirituality is not a religion... It is a way of life.
~ Anthony D. Williams
Pope Francis said that atheists are still eligible to go to heaven. To return the favor, atheists said Popes are still eligible to go into a void of nothingness.
~ Conan O'Brien