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.

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The religions begin by assuring us that if we could see the full picture we would find it more integrated than we would normally suppose.

Huston Smith The World's Religions (1991)

Prophet Mohammed was a pedophile and Islam is a religion sanctifying pedophilia, it is indeed a pedophile religion. Pedophilia is the will of Allah.

Jussi Halla-aho Jussi Halla-aho (2008)

I and countless other Muslims, have been taught from our earliest years that our religion demanded respect and caring for others.

Abdullah II of Jordan Address to the European Parliament (2015)

I believe that big choices should be made in conditions of total awareness. Enlisting a newborn in any religion is a subtle abuse for me.

Umberto Veronesi

One caste, one religion, one God for man. Whatever be the religion, it is enough if the man is good.

Narayana Guru