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.
I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!)
Who science has and art
He has religion too
Who neither of them owns
Religion is his due.
Religion is better described than defined and better felt than described.
By liberation is meant the liberation which is the aim of all schools, all religions, at all times.
Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.
Such major organizations of thought may be necessary in science as much as in religion.
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read.
I think that you cannot eliminate religion from the psyche of mankind.
Men of sense are really but of one religion. … men of sense never tell it.
To whichever religion you are born, be in that religion and strive to become a better person.