--- title: "10 Poetry Religion Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Poetry Religion quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Poetry Religion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/jean-cocteau-1181_hope_poetry-is-a-religion-with-no-hope-507705_507705.jpg" --- > [Poetry is a religion with no hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-cocteau/poetry-is-a-religion-with-no-hope/) [Jean Cocteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-cocteau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/jean-cocteau-1181_hope_poetry-is-a-religion-with-no-hope-507705_507705.jpg) > [religion is poetry, - poetry is religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-corelli/religion-is-poetry-poetry-is-religion/) [Marie Corelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-corelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/marie-corelli-7507_poetry_religion-is-poetry-poetry-is-religion-73_738362.jpg) > [Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-cocteau/poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-but-its-martyrs-guarantee-the/) [Jean Cocteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-cocteau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/jean-cocteau-1181_dogma_poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-but-it_1503120.jpg) > [Philosophy is a bad master for poetry; religion worse; and politics self-serving will never serve the Muse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-geok-lin-lim/philosophy-is-a-bad-master-for-poetry-religion-worse-and-politics/) [Shirley Geok-lin Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-geok-lin-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/shirley-geok-lin-lim-3190_masters_philosophy-is-a-bad-master-for-poetry-re_1066129.png) > [“In the last stage of civilization, Poetry, Religion, and Philosophy will be one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thoreau/in-the-last-stage-of-civilization-poetry-religion-and-philosophy-will/) [Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/thoreau-58092_philosophy_in-the-last-stage-of-civilization-poetry_1260297.jpg) > [Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-cocteau/poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-the-poet-exhausts-himself-in-its/) [Jean Cocteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-cocteau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/jean-cocteau-1181_dog_poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-the-po_1579630.jpg) > [Out of the attempt to harmonize our actual life with our aspirations, our experience with our faith, we make poetry, - or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-brownell-jameson/out-of-the-attempt-to-harmonize-our-actual-life-with-our-aspirations/) [Anna Brownell Jameson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-brownell-jameson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/anna-brownell-jameson-10406_actual-life_out-of-the-attempt-to-harmonize-our-actu_1220447.jpg) > [I wonder if children don't begin to reject both poetry and religion for similar reasons, because the way both are taught takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/i-wonder-if-children-don-t-begin-to-reject-both-poetry-and-religion/) [Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/kathleen-norris-7283_children_i-wonder-if-children-don-t-begin-to-reje_1466927.png) > [Without poetry, religion becomes obscure, false, and malignant; without philosophy, licentious in all wantonness, and lascivious to the point of self-castration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/without-poetry-religion-becomes-obscure-false-and-malignant-without/) [Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlege_castration_without-poetry-religion-becomes-obscure_480854.png) > [I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenimore-cooper/i-sometimes-wish-i-had-been-educated-a-catholic-in-order-to-unite-the/) [James Fenimore Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenimore-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/james-fenimore-cooper-12459_abstract_i-sometimes-wish-i-had-been-educated-a-c_300010.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-religion/#itemlist", "name": "Poetry Religion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry is a religion with no hope.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Cocteau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-cocteau/poetry-is-a-religion-with-no-hope/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/jean-cocteau-1181_hope_poetry-is-a-religion-with-no-hope-507705_507705.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/jean-cocteau-1181_hope_poetry-is-a-religion-with-no-hope-507705_507705.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/jean-cocteau-1181_hope_poetry-is-a-religion-with-no-hope-507705_507705.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry is a religion with no hope.” — Jean Cocteau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "religion is poetry, - poetry is religion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Corelli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-corelli/religion-is-poetry-poetry-is-religion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/marie-corelli-7507_poetry_religion-is-poetry-poetry-is-religion-73_738362.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/marie-corelli-7507_poetry_religion-is-poetry-poetry-is-religion-73_738362.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/marie-corelli-7507_poetry_religion-is-poetry-poetry-is-religion-73_738362.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“religion is poetry, - poetry is religion.” — Marie Corelli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Cocteau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-cocteau/poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-but-its-martyrs-guarantee-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/jean-cocteau-1181_dogma_poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-but-it_1503120.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/jean-cocteau-1181_dogma_poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-but-it_1503120.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/jean-cocteau-1181_dogma_poetry-is-a-religion-without-hope-but-it_1503120.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.” — Jean Cocteau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Philosophy is a bad master for poetry; 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