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So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout Of petulant capricious sects, That maggots of corrupted texts, That first run all religion down, And after every swarm its own. ( Samuel Butler (1))[][]
There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. (Lord Byron)[][]
His religion at best is an anxious wish,-like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps. (Thomas Carlyle)[][]
On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration. (Thomas Carlyle)[][]
I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something; Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)[][]
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own. (Charles Churchill)[][]
Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John. (Dallin H. Oakes)[][]
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. (Thomas Szasz)[][]
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. (James Feibleman)[][]
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. (Sir Richard F. Burton)[][]
I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. (Charles Lamb)[][]
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. (Carl Sandberg)[][]
A cult is a religion with no political power. (Tom Wolfe)[][]
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. (Thomas Paine)[][]
It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. (D H Lawrence)[][]
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. (Matthew Arnold)[][]
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. (Albert Einstein)[][]
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. (Dalai Lama)[][]
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. (Arthur Shopenhauer)[][]
Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. (Mohammed Neguib)[][]
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