Religion Quotes - Page 13

• I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.

  Albert Camus

  If There Is A God, Living My Life, Dies

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Witty, Atheist

  George Carlin (2007). “The Best of Brain Droppings”, p.52, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.

  James Joyce

  Philosophy, Atheism, Church

  Letter to Augusta Gregory on November 22, 1902. "James Joyce". Book by Richard Ellmann, 1959.

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• Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Christian, Humorous

  A Little Book in C Major ch. 4 (1916)

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• Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

  Dennis Miller

  Funny, Atheist, Humor

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• Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

  Blaise Pascal

  Nature, Math, Garden

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• There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.

  Anna Sewell

  Kindness, Animal, Men

  Anna Sewell (2011). “Black Beauty: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.51, Penguin

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• When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

  Voltaire

  Money, Humor, Change Your Attitude

  Letter to Mme. d'Épinal, Ferney on December 62, 1760. "Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire: Correspondance". Book published by Garnier frères, Paris, Volume IX, letter #4390, p.124, 1881.

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• My religion is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Yoga

  Dalai Lama (2005). “The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution human fantasy created gods in man's own image, who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate to influence, the phenomenal world. Man sought to alter the disposition of these gods in his own favour by means of magic and prayer.

  Albert Einstein

  Spiritual, Prayer, Mean

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

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• There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

  Richard Lederer

  Atheist, Dark, People

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• Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.

  George Washington

  Christian, Religious, Differences

  George Washington, Edward Frank Humphrey (1932). “George Washington on religious liberty and mutual understanding: selections from Washington's letters”

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• Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wanted to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Writing, Men, Would Be

  Los Angeles Times, August 27, 1978.

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• Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Exercise, Government

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.104

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• Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Atheist, Mind, Atheism

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 18, 2004.

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• Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Despair, Atheism, Resignation

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• You can always tell who went to catholic school, because they're atheists.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Sarcastic, Education, Religious

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• God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Atheist

  "God" (song) (1970)

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• If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practised it on one another.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Christian, Character, Practice

  "The Works of Benjamin Franklin".

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• The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

  C. S. Lewis

  Thought Provoking, Literature, Screwtape Letters

  The Screwtape Letters ch. 12 (1941)

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• Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

  C. S. Lewis

  Love, Religious, Secret

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• The greatest act of faith takes place when a man finally decides that he is not God.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Atheism

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• We all behave as though what we think is true, is true.

  Mark Thomas

  Thinking, Atheism, Behave

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• Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Truth, Mistake, Believe

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.71, Penguin

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• One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

  George Orwell

  Atheist, Catholic, Atheism

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