Quotes About Religion

There's a lot of misunderstanding out there, particularly in the difference between religion and culture. For example, I hear people criticise Islam for arranged marriages, but that's nothing to do with Islam. It is the culture in some places, but it's actually against Islam.

Religion and education are no match for evil without the grace of God.

I have no message of hate. I do not attack any religion. I just preach Jesus.

The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines that inviolability is a challenge to the rights of every Catholic to freedom of religion and conscience.

Pakistan is not the torch-bearer of Islam, and if I change my country, it doesn't mean that I have to change my religion.

I love my religion, I love everything about it, but at the same time, I love my career, and I want to do it with the same love and compassion.

If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

When I was little, my parents belonged to a cult, a big Buddhist sect called Soka Gakkai. I didn't have any particular sentiment for or against religion, but I did feel bad about my parents' poverty and how it made them depend on that cult.

No one should interfere in the religion of another.

I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.

Religion is a reassurance - in fact, that's its only purpose.

Nothing has done more to separate and divide human beings one from another than exclusivist organized religion.

Discrimination based on one's religion goes directly against our founding principles.

The Church controlled so much in Ireland for so long. I'm not going to get into whether or not religion per se is a bad thing, but my point is the political aspect in Ireland was way out of kilter, and it wasn't right.

My religion is very important to me.

The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion.

What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.

Don't say I hate institutionalised religion - rather than saying I hate those things, which I do not, what I'm saying is that perhaps there is a way of opening more doors, rather than closing so many.

As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at dramatic life extension.

I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can help you understand your own better. I think it's kind of hypocritical to believe one thing and don't know about any others.

I honor the sanctity of all religions - I'm not here to put them down. But the only religion that I personally embrace is the religion of kindness.

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.