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> [If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstances. All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/if-i-were-personally-to-define-religion-i-would-say-that-it-is-a/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

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> [All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/all-forms-of-dogmatic-religion-should-go-the-world-did-without-them/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

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## Other authors on Dogmatic

## More by Theodore Dreiser

> [A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/a-real-flame-of-love-is-a-subtle-thing-it-burns-as-a-will-o-the-wisp/)

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> [“Cowperwood was shocked by the nudity of the Venus which conveyed an atmosphere of European freedom not common to America;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/cowperwood-was-shocked-by-the-nudity-of-the-venus-which-conveyed-an/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [“...the past was so painful at any point. It seared and burned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/the-past-was-so-painful-at-any-point-it-seared-and-burned/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [“His eyes expressed the difficulty he felt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/his-eyes-expressed-the-difficulty-he-felt/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [“Who were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so much luxury, where others as good seemingly as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/who-were-these-people-with-money-and-what-had-they-done-that-they/)

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> [To the untraveled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating. Next to love it is the one thing that solaces and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/to-the-untraveled-territory-other-than-their-own-familiar-heath-is/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/the-true-meaning-of-money-yet-remains-to-be-popularly-explained-and/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [“now. If any habits ever had time to fix upon her, they would have operated here. Habits are peculiar things. They will drive the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/now-if-any-habits-ever-had-time-to-fix-upon-her-they-would-have/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [“Here were these two, bandying little phrases, drawing purses, looking at cards, and both unconscious of how inarticulate all their real feelings were. Neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/here-were-these-two-bandying-little-phrases-drawing-purses-looking-at/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/assure-a-man-that-he-has-a-soul-and-then-frighten-him-with-old-wives/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [If we are to extract any joy out of our span, we must think and plan and make things better not only for ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/if-we-are-to-extract-any-joy-out-of-our-span-we-must-think-and-plan/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [“In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking- chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/in-your-rocking-chair-by-your-window-dreaming-shall-you-long-alone-in/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

> [“Carrie felt this as a personal reproof. She read "Dora Thorne," or had a great deal in the past. It seemed only fair to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/carrie-felt-this-as-a-personal-reproof-she-read-dora-thorne-or-had-a/)

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> [You walk into a room, see a woman, and something happens. It's chemical. What are you going to do about it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/you-walk-into-a-room-see-a-woman-and-something-happens-it-s-chemical/)

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> [Theodore Dreiser Should ought to write nicer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/theodore-dreiser-should-ought-to-write-nicer/)

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