"Harmony is not a luxury, it is an existential necessity of the species. And to achieve it, if a hundred Bibles have to be sacrificed, then be it. But for no Bible, Quran or Gita, can harmony be compromised."

Religion, Harmony, Truth, Peace

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"Harmony is not a luxury, it is an existential necessity of the species. And to achieve it, if a hundred Bibles have to be sacrificed, then be it. But for no Bible, Quran or Gita, can harmony be compromised."

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"So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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"The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ, is that he is more clearly aware than other men of the rebelliousness and perennial pride of the flesh, he is conscious of his sloth and self-indulgence and knows that his arrogance must be eradicated. Hence there is a need for daily self-discipline."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

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"The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish to live if there were no resurrection from the dead."

John Piper, American Clergyman

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"Jesus Christ lives in all people. We are citizens of one world."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech."

Samuel Alito, American Supreme Court Justice

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"Superstition is the religion of feeble minds."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week."

Alice Walker, American Author

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"Man is only a forgetful mortal, but God - He sees, hears and remembers everything."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"The basis of spiritual community is truth, the basis of emotional community is desire.The exclusion of the weak and insignificant, the seemingly useless people, from everyday Christian life in community may actually mean the exclusion of Christ; for in the poor sister or brother, Christ is knocking at the door."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

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"A lot of Christian extremism has done a great deal to discredit religion the main religious traditions have abandoned their own intellectual cultures so drastically that no one has any sense of it other than the fringe."

Marilynne Robinson, American Author

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"Any thought sequence that minimizes anxiety would get reinforced over time. The sequence would be maintained during the person's development and would be provoked in contexts where refutation of the belief might occur. So, any kind of refutation of a person's religious beliefs makes the beliefs only stronger."

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"All changes are born within."

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"Either one is promiscuous or in a relationship - it cannot be both at the same time."

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"Mankind, not womankind, has slaughtered more humans in the name of God and Religion than for any other reason."

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