Talk about it as much as you like,—one's breeding shows itself nowhere more than in his religion.
Religion Quotes
Religion is a page where believers and unbelievers share space. Shakespeare and Milton lead, but Robert Ingersoll and the biologist Jerry Coyne are close behind, and the sourced favourites lean sceptical: Bertrand Russell in Sceptical Essays (1928) on moralists and Hell, Bierce in 1911 calling religion a daughter of Hope and Fear.
Three entries are flagged. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep” is credited to the missionary Jim Elliot, and the notes call it a paraphrase of the English clergyman Philip Henry (1631–1696). Newton’s remark that he could calculate the motions of heavenly bodies but not the madness of the people is disputed, and it is usually tied to the South Sea stock bubble. A line about Earth and Heaven credited to David Hare is flagged misattributed.
Science is for the cultivation of religion, not for worldly enjoyments.
A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.
One united people, regardless of race, language or religion.
Religion should never be held to account for inferior scholarship.
Religion disapproves of original thought the way Dracula disapproves of sunlight.
Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone.