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Quotes About Faith

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.
~ Eric Gill
The religion of Freemasonry is not Christian
~ Albert Mackey
Men come, men go, all things remain in God.
~ Van Morrison
Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.
~ George Bernard Shaw
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
~ Dalai Lama XIV
You have told me, O God, to believe in hell. But you have forbidden me to think...of any man as damned
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The old-time-religion and today's cutting-edge-religion have one thing in common - they're both religion. I want neither.
~ Steve McVey
Coincidence is God's way of performing miracles anonymously.
~ Sophy Burnham
Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
~ Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.
~ Thomas Paine
God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.
~ R. C. Sproul
When all else fails, and to stand firm seems impossible, stand on the wood of the Cross; it will float with you.
~ Marie Leszczynska
From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.
~ Albert Einstein
Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
~ Hosea Ballou
Religion is a cow. It gives milk, but it also kicks.
~ Gautama Buddha
As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.
~ Juliana Hatfield
Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find the bread.
~ Daniel Thambyrajah Niles
The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.
~ Martin Luther
Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.
~ Raymond Queneau
The most vital, creative, and positive thoughts are those stated in the Bible. Its words are alive and form powerful thought processes.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
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
In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches.
~ Peter Gabriel
If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.
~ Émile Chartier