Quotes About Religion

Where was the religion for a man who believed that good and bad must coexist, even within the individual? Where was the religion for a man who believed in God but not in God's religion?

Perhaps if he stopped praying, God would take the hint and stop being such a bastard to one of his few believers on this near-godforsaken planet.

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resembe what actually happens.

Monotheism has also been recognized as inherently intolerant.

One fact must be familiar to all those who have any experience of human nature—a sincerely religious man is often an exceedingly bad man. Winwood Reade (1872)

Monotheism is in its turn doomed to subtract one more god and become atheism.

A Better Beard that Yours. 'All true devotees wear a beard,' said the Imam to his audience. 'Show me a thick and lustrous beard and I'll show you a true believer!' 'My goat has a beard far bushier and longer than yours,' replied Nasrudin. 'Does that mean he is a better Muslim than you?

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Saying of the Prophet Obligation to Learn The pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

Saying of the Prophet Envy Envy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel.

Saying of the Prophet Humility Humility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety.

Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.

Saying of the Prophet Monkishness No monkery in Islam.

Una barba mejor que la tuya. "Todos los verdaderos devotos llevan barba," dijo el Imán a su audiencia. "Muéstrenme una barba espesa y brillante, y yo les mostraré a un verdadero creyente!" "Mi cabra tiene una barba mucho más tupida y larga que la tuya," contestó Nasrudín. "¿Eso significa que es mejor musulmán que tú?".

Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots.

Sufism, they say, is that which enables one to understand religion, irrespective of its current outward form.

La incredulidad y la creencia están ambas marchando sobre SU camino, mientras ambas dicen: 'Él es uno y Él no tiene socios'.

Dicho del Profeta Verdad Decir la verdad a los injustos es la mejor de las guerras santas.

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

El maestro es uno que abandona el ceremonial, la exhibición religiosa y las apariencias sociales, y se concentra en el desarrollo real.

Si el vino es el enemigo de la religión, habré de devorar al enemigo de la religión.

El Sufismo, de hecho, no es un sistema místico, ni una religión, pero un cuerpo de sabiduría.

Los Sufis dicen: Esto no es una religión: es LA religión.