Quotes About Perspective

I'm getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.

Men talk of heaven, - there is no heaven but here; Men talk of hell, - there is no hell but here; Men of hereafters talk and future lives, - O love, there is no other life - but here.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.

If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.

Here's the thing about people who believe in god... They're idiots.

How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.

When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.

If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look like horses.

Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers

Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.

Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?

Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.

The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.

A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.

What yesterday was still religion is no longer such today; and what today is atheism, tomorrow will be religion.

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.

A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.