Quotes About Faith

Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony.

It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.

Faith gives new light to the soul, but it does not put our eyes out; and what God hathgivenusinournature could never be intended as a snare to Religion, or engage us to believe a lie.

The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal.

The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions.

Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever

Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.

Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]

religion, like beauty, cannot be experienced in cold blood.

Religion is only literature, but luckily literature is not only religion.

True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.

In anything that does cover the whole of your life - in your philosophy and your religion - you must have mirth. If you do not have mirth you will certainly have madness.

A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.

Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.

If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.

So much organized religion, in my opinion, ends up being life-denying.

My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.

If God allows proof that he exists he robs people of faith and without faith what is God? Nothing.

Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to God alone.

I would not speak of Judaism as a Talmudic or Rabbinic religion. It's a Biblical religion.

There is no right religion, and no one can prove that there is.

Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked.

And do you count for nothing God who fights for us?

Any religion whose messiah's name isn't recognized by Microsoft Word can't be that much of a threat.