--- title: "3 Religion Book Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Religion Book quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Religion Book sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/abhijit-naskar-99_books_religion-is-not-a-book-it-is-not-an-inst_102107.jpg" --- > [“Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. True Religion is realization of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/religion-is-not-a-book-it-is-not-an-institution-and-it-is-not-even-a/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/abhijit-naskar-99_books_religion-is-not-a-book-it-is-not-an-inst_102107.jpg) > [You all know that certain things are necessary to make a religion. First of all, there is the book. The power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/you-all-know-that-certain-things-are-necessary-to-make-a-religion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/swami-vivekananda-53_allegiance_you-all-know-that-certain-things-are-nec_1485528.jpg) > [“...With a religious book it is less what we see in it than what we see through it that matters. J. R.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/with-a-religious-book-it-is-less-what-we-see-in-it-than-what-we-see/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/frederick-buechner-883_books_with-a-religious-book-it-is-less-what-we_1759254.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-book/#itemlist", "name": "Religion Book Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. 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