--- title: "11 Hell Spirituality Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Hell Spirituality quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Hell Spirituality sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/david-bowie-508_12-step-recovery_religion-is-for-people-who-fear-hell-spi_2750367.jpg" --- > [Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/religion-is-for-people-who-fear-hell-spirituality-is-for-people-who/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/david-bowie-508_12-step-recovery_religion-is-for-people-who-fear-hell-spi_2750367.jpg) > [Religion is for those who are afraid of Hell . . . Spirituality is for those of us who have lived through it . . . and survived!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/religion-is-for-those-who-are-afraid-of-hell-spirituality-is-for/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/nishan-panwar-14_religion_religion-is-for-those-who-are-afraid-of_2012429.jpg) > [“Religion is for those individuals trying to avoid going to hell. Spirituality is for those of us who have been there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/united-methodish-church-bulletin/religion-is-for-those-individuals-trying-to-avoid-going-to-hell/) [United Methodish Church bulletin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/united-methodish-church-bulletin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/united-methodish-church-bullet_faith_religion-is-for-those-individuals-trying_193277.jpg) > [“Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there - Leopard Akande”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopard-akande/religion-is-for-people-who-re-afraid-of-going-to-hell-spirituality-is-2/) [Leopard Akande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopard-akande/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/leopard-akande-87384_african-cultural_religion-is-for-people-who-re-afraid-of_2777972.jpg) > [“Religion is for those who don't want to go to hell, and spirituality is for those who have already been there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/religion-is-for-those-who-don-t-want-to-go-to-hell-and-spirituality/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/elizabeth-gilbert-131_religion_religion-is-for-those-who-don-t-want-to_2283769.jpg) > [“Religion is for those who are scared of hell, and spirituality is for those who have been there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-raitt/religion-is-for-those-who-are-scared-of-hell-and-spirituality-is-for/) [Bonnie Raitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-raitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/bonnie-raitt-2301_religion_religion-is-for-those-who-are-scared-of_106156.png) > [“Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vine-deloria-jr/religion-is-for-people-who-re-afraid-of-going-to-hell-spirituality-is/) [Vine Deloria Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vine-deloria-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/vine-deloria-jr-23632_native-american-wisd_religion-is-for-people-who-re-afraid-of_2424267.jpg) > [Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-raitt/religion-is-for-people-who-are-scared-to-go-to-hell-spirituality-is/) [Bonnie Raitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-raitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/bonnie-raitt-2301_go-to-hell_religion-is-for-people-who-are-scared-to_877497.png) > [“Религия для людей, которые боятся ада. Духовность для людей, которые там побывали. ”Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell, spirituality is for those who’ve been there”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/religion-is-for-people-who-are-afraid-of-going-to-hell-spirituality/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/david-bowie-508_religion_religion-is-for-people-who-are-afraid-of_393197.jpg) > [I’m not religious but I’m definitely very spiritual person. I’ve always said that religion is for people who are scared of ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-molko/i-m-not-religious-but-i-m-definitely-very-spiritual-person-i-ve/) [Brian Molko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-molko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/brian-molko-11591_hell_i-m-not-religious-but-i-m-definitely-ver_925447.png) > [“To finally surrender ourselves to healing, we have to have three spaces opened up within us - and all at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/to-finally-surrender-ourselves-to-healing-we-have-to-have-three/) [Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/richard-rohr-618_closed-minded_to-finally-surrender-ourselves-to-healin_2428346.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hell-spirituality/#itemlist", "name": "Hell Spirituality Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Bowie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/religion-is-for-people-who-fear-hell-spirituality-is-for-people-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/david-bowie-508_12-step-recovery_religion-is-for-people-who-fear-hell-spi_2750367.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/david-bowie-508_12-step-recovery_religion-is-for-people-who-fear-hell-spi_2750367.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/david-bowie-508_12-step-recovery_religion-is-for-people-who-fear-hell-spi_2750367.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.” — David Bowie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Religion is for those who are afraid of Hell . . . 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Духовность для людей, которые там побывали. ”Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell, spirituality is for those who’ve been there”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Bowie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/religion-is-for-people-who-are-afraid-of-going-to-hell-spirituality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/david-bowie-508_religion_religion-is-for-people-who-are-afraid-of_393197.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/david-bowie-508_religion_religion-is-for-people-who-are-afraid-of_393197.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/david-bowie-508_religion_religion-is-for-people-who-are-afraid-of_393197.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Религия для людей, которые боятся ада. 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Strange that we see light in him but do not imitate him in seeing the same light in ourselves. Such luminous seeing is quite the opposite of the closed-minded, dead-hearted, body-denying thing that much religion has been allowed to become. As you surely have heard before, “Religion is lived by people who are afraid of hell. Spirituality is lived by people who have been through hell and come out enlightened.” The innocuous mental belief systems of much religion are probably the major cause of atheism in the world today, because people see that religion has not generally created people who are that different, more caring, or less prejudiced than other people. In fact, they are often worse because they think they have God on their small side. I wish I did not have to say this, but religion either produces the very best people or the very worst. Jesus makes this point in many settings and stories. Mere mental belief systems split people apart, whereas actual faith puts all our parts (body, heart, and head) on notice and on call. Honestly, it takes major surgery and much of one’s life to get head, heart, and body to put down their defenses, their false programs for happiness, and their many forms of resistance to what is right in front of them. 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