Quotes About Religion

Whether the Koran is of eternity I don't ask about that That it is the book of books I believe it to be so as muslim's duty.

Surely the gestures of murmuring priests must contain some deep meaning

The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of scepticism with faith.

Wer Wissenschaft und Kunst besitzt, hat auch Religion; wer jene beiden nicht besitzt, der habe Religion.

Jesus fühlte rein und dachte Nur den Einen Gott im stillen; Wer ihn selbst zum Gotte machte, Kränkte seinen heiligen Willen.

Stupid that everyone in his case Is praising his particular opinion! If Islam means submission to God, We all live and die in Islam.

A religion is not contained in a single book; there's something religious in almost any book.

Some parents do not want to impose religious training upon their children, preferring instead to let them make up their own minds when they come of age. This stance is only superficially "liberal," for it deprives the children of any criteria for judging. The distinctive feature of Unitarian Universalist education is that young people are introduced to many religious traditions, challenged to formulate their own beliefs, and encouraged to respect the beliefs of others.

Ours is a church of moral work—not because we think morality is a sufficient religion, but because we know no better way of showing our gratitude to God, and our confidence in one another.

One reason that so many people today say, "I believe in spirituality, but not in religion," is that the products of the human spirit, the various religious traditions, can so easily become warring sects if not brought within a wider, more reasoned perspective. Unitarian Universalism offers the opportunity not only to deepen one's personal spirituality through dialogue, but to do so in a context where "the guidance of reason and the results of science" are honored.

The main information passed along to contactees is simply that the human body provides a host for a fragment of this undefinable soul energy. The major religions have been telling us this for thousands of years, pointing out that the human race supplies the shells for souls. Man's ego has demanded that he embellish this truth by adding the belief that his pitiful personality is worthy of preservation and that his memories and personality go along with the soul.

We believe our history books. In fact, many millions of people still cling to the thoroughly discredited religious belief that mankind is only four thousand years old. Science labors to ignore the mounting evidence that we may not be the only intelligent life form on this planet.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty but it is religion and morality alone that can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.

If the Lord loveth a cheerful giver, how he must hate the taxpayer!

Truth can never be an enemy to true religion, which appears always to the best advantage when it is most examined.

On one occasion, in the middle of an intimate talk, Mao leaned over and whispered in the Dalai Lama's ear, "I understand you very well, but of course religion is poison.

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.

I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then.

Given the world that he created, it would be an impiety against God to believe in him.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

The essence of a religious approach to the world, it seems to me, is to be found, not in the imposition of theological dogma, but in the recognition of what is actually there.

The history of the Bible is thus the story of the interplay between the religion and the book Ã¢â'¬â€œ neither mapping exactly onto the other.