Quotes About Understanding

My misfortune is my ability to see both sides even of the fundamental religious question.

All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.

Americans understand we fight not a religion; ours is not a campaign against the Muslim faith. Ours is a campaign against evil.

When love overflows and is expressed through every word and deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars.

One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.

The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.

Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.

Anthroposophie is not a religion but a tool for understanding of religions.

Every religion, in my opinion, has something to bring, and I think we all learn from everyone that there's no right, perfect way to look at something.

If one has belief, knowledge is lacking. If one has knowledge, belief is unnecessary.

I can't understand why people use religion to hurt each other when there's already so much pain in the world.

But without doubts, without a standpoint reached through questionings, human beings can't acquire knowledge.

It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion.

Before our race, nationality, or religion, we are all human beings. Let's celebrate our differences and not fight over them.

Reason is a permanent blessing of God to the soul. Without it there can be no large religion.

The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other.

There is seldom a difficulty with religion where there is friendship.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this person's God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they don't believe in God