Quotes About Religion

Man seeks to learn, and man kills himself because of the loss of cohesion in his religious society; he does not kill himself because of his learning. It is certainly not the learning he acquires that disorganizes religion; but the desire for knowledge wakens because religion becomes disorganized.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

I'm not religious. I'm a fallen Catholic.

My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of myself as a Lutheran, just one who doesn't go to church.

No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist.

A lot of people who are religious, I think they get lost. They go to church just to go to church.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.

During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.

I wanted to be a Priest at one point. I was pretty religious. I was an altar boy, and I was good at it. Then, I started meeting girls and I'm like 'You know, maybe I shouldn't be a Priest.'

Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.

There are many very educated people who are religious, but they're not creationists.

I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have if they didn't follow this particular religion.

I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.

Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.

I'm not a religious freak, but I do believe that there is a higher power.

Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.

Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.

The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.