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Religion Quotes

"I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve becuase I love Jesus."

"I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve becuase I love Jesus."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

Religion, Compassion, Service, Love, Faith

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"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Religion, Faith, Christ, Authenticity, Spiritual

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"Religion is boring and alien to me and relates no more than a chimera to what is to me the reality of the spirit."

"Religion is boring and alien to me and relates no more than a chimera to what is to me the reality of the spirit."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Religion, Alienation, Spirit, Truth

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"Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there."

"Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there."

Bonnie Raitt, American Musician

Religion, People, Hell, Spirituality

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"Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion."

"Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

Religion, Ethics, School

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"The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex."

"The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex."

Hugh Hefner, American Publisher

Religion, Sex, Force, World

26

"I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden."

"I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden."

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Swedish Musician

Religion, State, Today

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"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition."

"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition."

Alan Turing, English Mathematician

Religion, Science

25

"Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society."

"Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society."

Malcolm Muggeridge, British Journalist

Religion, Society, Sex, Materialism

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"There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it."

"There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Religion, Sin, Repentance, Truth, Morality

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"Holy books are an insult to a God with good intentions."

"Holy books are an insult to a God with good intentions."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Religion, God, Insult, Faith, Criticism

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"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."

"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."

Voltaire, French Writer

Religion, Money, Question

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"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Religion, Salvation, Christ, Faith, Belief

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"Religion has a good place and it has its good people."

"Religion has a good place and it has its good people."

Garry Marshall, American Actor

Religion, People

23

"If your religion is better than mine and your opinion, you have a real problem."

"If your religion is better than mine and your opinion, you have a real problem."

Michael Berryman, American Actor

Religion, Opinion

23

"I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about."

"I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about."

James Caan, American Actor

Religion, Pretty, Santa claus

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"In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study."

"In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Religion, Judaism, Study

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"My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle."

"My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Religion, Belief, Being, Blood

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"If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences."

"If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences."

H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist

Religion, Truth, Conformity, Consequences

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"I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort."

"I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

Religion, Comfort

22

"Atheism is the last word of theism."

"Atheism is the last word of theism."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Religion, Atheism, Word

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"God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards."

"God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Religion, Faith, God, Revenge, Judgment

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"This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed."

"This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed."

Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary

Religion, Family, Christ, Inheritance

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"Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none."

"Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none."

Joseph Smith, Jr., American Clergyman

Religion, Mormon, Joseph Smith, Jr.

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"A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion."

"A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Religion, People, Beliefs, Spiritual

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"From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer."

"From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer."

William Ames, English Philosopher

Religion, Faith, Love, God

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"Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."

"Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Religion, Science, Error, Superstition

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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Religion, People, Statesman

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"Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself."

"Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

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"For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment."

"For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

Religion, Religious, Sentiment

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"A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people."

"A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people."

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician

Religion, People, Ethics, Meaning

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"We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places."

"We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places."

John McGahern, Irish Writer

Religion, Canada, Heaven, Hell

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"Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch."

"Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

Religion, Time, People, Idea

20

"Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God."

"Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Religion, God, Earth

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"Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes."

"Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Religion, Religious

20

"We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure."

"We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure."

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Lawyer

Religion, Force, Oppression, Pressure

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"I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current."

"I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current."

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Politician

Religion, Followers, World

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"A man can do a lot of damage in the church. When someone comes here, he's got his guard up. But in church a man's wide open."

"A man can do a lot of damage in the church. When someone comes here, he's got his guard up. But in church a man's wide open."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Religion, Church, Humanity, Trust, Openness

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"The more time you invest into studying religion, the more likely you are to disbelieve in the gods."

"The more time you invest into studying religion, the more likely you are to disbelieve in the gods."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Religion, Study, Faith, Time

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"If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church."

"If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church."

Tom Brokaw, American Journalist

Religion, Church, Fishing

20

"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is."

"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Religion, Politics, Conflict, Understanding

20

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

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

Mohammed Naguib, Egyptian Statesman

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"I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good."

"I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Religion, Civilization, Harm, Today

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"These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over."

"These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over."

Van Morrison, British Musician

Religion, Time, Politics, Media

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"I'm a practicing Christian - and I'm going to keep practicing till I get it right - but I don't feel everyone has to practice the same religion that I do. You have a right to worship who you choose and how you choose to."

"I'm a practicing Christian - and I'm going to keep practicing till I get it right - but I don't feel everyone has to practice the same religion that I do. You have a right to worship who you choose and how you choose to."

Jane Elliot, American Actress

Religion, Christian, Practice, Right

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"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."

"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Religion, Society, God, Community

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"I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed."

"I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Religion, Work, People, Hope

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"We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word."

"We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word."

Origen, Greek Theologian

Religion, Truth, Nothing, Word

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"Remember!--It is Christianity to do good always--even to those who do evil to us. It is Christianity to love our neighbours as ourself, and to do to all men as we would have them do to us. It is Christianity to be gentle, merciful and forgiving, and to keep those qualities quiet in our own hearts, and never make a boast of them or of our prayers or of our love of God, but always to show that we love Him by humbly trying to do right in everything. If we do this, and remember the life and lessons of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and try to act up to them, we may confidently hope that God will forgive us our sins and mistakes, and enable us to live and die in peace."

"Remember!--It is Christianity to do good always--even to those who do evil to us. It is Christianity to love our neighbours as ourself, and to do to all men as we would have them do to us. It is Christianity to be gentle, merciful and forgiving, and to keep those qualities quiet in our own hearts, and never make a boast of them or of our prayers or of our love of God, but always to show that we love Him by humbly trying to do right in everything. If we do this, and remember the life and lessons of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and try to act up to them, we may confidently hope that God will forgive us our sins and mistakes, and enable us to live and die in peace."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Religion, Christianity, Goodness, Love, Mercy

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"Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."

"Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Religion, Machine, Man

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