Quotations About Religion
Related: Faith, Prayer, Christianity, God, Soul
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
James Feibleman
Understanding Philosophy, 1973
Understanding Philosophy, 1973
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
David Hume
Treatise of Human Nature, 1739
Treatise of Human Nature, 1739
Religion is a fashionable substitute for Belief.
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.
Albert Camus
The Fall, 1956
The Fall, 1956
Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.
Andy Rooney
Sincerely, Andy Rooney
Sincerely, Andy Rooney
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.
John Updike
Self-Consciousness, 1989
Self-Consciousness, 1989
What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak.
George Santayana
Reason in Religion
Reason in Religion
What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites.
Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia, 1785
Notes on the State of Virginia, 1785
To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.
Jorge Luis Borges
Labyrinthes, 1962
Labyrinthes, 1962
No creed can be stretched to the size of truth; no church can be made as large as man.
Lemuel K. Washburn
Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays
Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays
...for Christians typical dating can often be a swerver - an approach to relationships that wants to go in a different direction than the one God has for us.
Joshua Harris
I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance
I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance
Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains.... But it can put mountains where there are none.
Friedrich Nietzche
Human, All Too Human, 1879
Human, All Too Human, 1879
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Francis Bacon
Essays: Of Atheism, 1625
Essays: Of Atheism, 1625
When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
Honoré De Balzac
Catherine de Medici expliquée, Souverain
Catherine de Medici expliquée, Souverain
No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus.
George Bernard Shaw
Androcles and the Lion, 1912
Androcles and the Lion, 1912
I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime.
Will Rogers
The Gods have proclaimed Christ to have been most pious, but the Christians are a confused and vicious sect.
Porphyry
Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ's followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership.
Israelmore Ayivor
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Abraham Lincoln
A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle.
Latin Proverb
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.
Theodore L. Cuyler
See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.
Pope John XXIII