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.
There is no religion without mysteries. God Himself is the great secret of Nature.
Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.
The three great elements of modern civilization, gunpowder, printing, and the Protestant religion.
At the center of religion is love … Everything in our life should be based on love.
No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism.
Now Jainism actually is a religion of peace. The core principle of Jainism is non-violence.
Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.
A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power.