- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion Quotes
Belief looked at from every angle.
Some of these come from personal family history with church and faith, others take a harder look at how religion gets used or misused. For quotes on trust and conviction, see our Faith quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was once religion which threatened us with a last judgment at the end of days. It is now our tortured planet which predicts the arrival of such a day without any heavenly intervention.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.
- True
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
My religion is inclusivity.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and security.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to fulfil the unfinished agenda of my father, which was to solve the problems of farmers, daily wage workers, and downtrodden people, irrespective of their caste and religion.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an atheist. I was born a Catholic, but after I had traveled to Northern Ireland with some Catholic friends, and we had a horrible experience with the English Protestant police, I lost all taste for formal religion.
- Patriotism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020