Religion Quotes - Page 40

• All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.

  H. G. Wells

  Men, Educated, Superstitious

  H. G. Wells (2015). “The Invisible Man”, p.80, Booklassic

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• There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.

  Oswald Chambers

  Religious, Kicking, Praying

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.291, Discovery House

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• God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.

  Khalil Gibran

  Science, Lips

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle — keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.

  Mark Twain

  Book, Taken, Inspiration

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.4678, Delphi Classics

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• There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, [and] science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.

  Stephen Hawking

  Winning, Differences, Atheism

  "Stephen Hawking on Religion: 'Science Will Win'" by Ki Mae Heussner, abcnews.go.com. June 7, 2010.

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• Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow.

  Sebastian Horsley

  Fashion, Clothes, Giving

  "The agony and the ecstasy" by Jessica Berens, www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2002.

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• Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us --- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.

  Carl Sagan

  Atheist, Ocean, Dedication

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• The idea of God implies the abdication of human reason and justice; it is the most decisive negation of human liberty and necessarily ends in the enslavement of mankind both in theory and practice.

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Practice, Ideas, Justice

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• True Islam taught me that it takes all of the religious, political, economic, psychological, and racial ingredients, or characteristics, to make the Human Family and the Human Society complete.

  Malcolm X

  Religious, Political, Islam

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• The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.

  Thomas Paine

  Christian, Men, Pay

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• Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular misunderstanding of mythology. (8)

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Real, People

  Joseph Campbell (2001). “Thou Art that: Transforming Religious Metaphor”, p.8, New World Library

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• When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep; yes, and when I walk alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughts drift to far-off matters for some part of the time for some other part I lead them back again to the walk, the orchard, to the sweetness of this solitude, to myself.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Beautiful, Sleep, Simplicity

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• who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody.

  J. D. Salinger

  Flower, Want

  J.D. Salinger (1951). “The Catcher in the Rye”

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• People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.

  John Green

  Alaska, Ideas, Afterlife

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.79, Penguin

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• The Lord often has his prophets climb mountains to converse with Him. I always wondered why He did that, and now I know the answer: when we are on high, we can see everything else as small. Our glory and sadness lose their importance. Whatever we conquered or lost remains there below. From the heights of the mountain, you see how large the world is, and how wide its horizons.

  Paulo Coelho

  Religious, Sadness, Mountain

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• If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Atheist, Buried, Jerry

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• I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions.

  John Wesley

  Dream, Moving, Community

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• I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil—you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself.

  Dan Barker

  Atheist, Intelligent, Class

  Dan Barker (1992). “Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist”, Freedom from Religion Fndtn

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• Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

  Alan Watts

  Buddhist, Fun, Buddhism

  Alan Watts (2003). “Become what You are”, p.29, Shambhala Publications

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• We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Atheist, Stupid, Selfish

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• It's amazing how much you can get done if you don't worry about who gets the credit.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Business, Worry, Credit

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• Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

  Oscar Wilde

  Thinking, Personality, Method

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.168, First Avenue Editions

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• If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.

  Stephen Colbert

  Christian, Jesus, Selfish

  "Ice cream? Immigration? 12 ways Colbert kept truthiness alive" by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, www.today.com. April 10, 2014.

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• Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you couldn't have guessed.

  C. S. Lewis

  Believe, Reality, Facts

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• Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Agreement, Ideas, Christianity

  Jonathan Edwards (2009). “The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards: From His Private Notebook”, p.30, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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