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title: "Best Religion Quotes"
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> [ \[Some of the people I'd met\] were wonderful people as human beings, and some people were more difficult. I could not see… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/some-of-the-people-i-d-met-were-wonderful-people-as-human-beings-and/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

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> [“By linking something to race or religion, politicians distract Malaysians from the core issue while also garnering support from those whose identities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-yap/by-linking-something-to-race-or-religion-politicians-distract/)

[Brian Yap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-yap/)

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> [“Religion is the archrival of intimate spirituality…Religion, a tiresome system of manmade dos and don’ts, woulds and shoulds – impotent to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-banister/religion-is-the-archrival-of-intimate-spirituality-religion-a/)

[Douglas Banister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-banister/)

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> [“Fundamentalist religion is hell-bent on ruining the scientific education of countless thousands of innocent, well-meaning, eager young minds. Non-fundamentalist, "sensible" religion may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/fundamentalist-religion-is-hell-bent-on-ruining-the-scientific/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“We have taken Herodotus as an interesting specimen of what we have called the free intelligence of mankind. Now here we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/we-have-taken-herodotus-as-an-interesting-specimen-of-what-we-have/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [Protestants, from the first, have been distinguished from their opponents by what they do not believe; to throw over one more dogma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/protestants-from-the-first-have-been-distinguished-from-their/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [The fault with all religions like Christianity is that they have one set of rules for all. But Hindu religion is suited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-fault-with-all-religions-like-christianity-is-that-they-have-one/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [“From the point of established religions, God is conceptually the source of the world, something that creates the world but stays beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dejan-stojanovic/from-the-point-of-established-religions-god-is-conceptually-the/)

[Dejan Stojanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dejan-stojanovic/)

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> [“The Cross of Christ is to be a reality to me not only once for all at my conversion, but all through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-a-schaeffer/the-cross-of-christ-is-to-be-a-reality-to-me-not-only-once-for-all-at/)

[Francis A. Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-a-schaeffer/)

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> [“We are all brothers, but I live on a salary paid me for prosecuting, judging, and condemning the thief or the prostitute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/we-are-all-brothers-but-i-live-on-a-salary-paid-me-for-prosecuting/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The spirit, if it could be seen with mortal eyes, would appear in bodily shape like a full-grown person with individual endowments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-b-lee/the-spirit-if-it-could-be-seen-with-mortal-eyes-would-appear-in/)

[Harold B. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-b-lee/)

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> [If the bible were published as fiction, no reviewer would give it a passing grade. There are some vivid scenes and quotable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penn-jillette/if-the-bible-were-published-as-fiction-no-reviewer-would-give-it-a/)

[Penn Jillette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penn-jillette/)

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> [ One reason--perhaps the chief--of the virility of the Roosevelts is \[their\] very democratic spirit. They have never felt that because they were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/one-reason-perhaps-the-chief-of-the-virility-of-the-roosevelts-is/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [“Not least, the asylum idea reflected the long-term cultural shift from religion to scientific secularism. In traditional Christendom, it was the distinction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-porter/not-least-the-asylum-idea-reflected-the-long-term-cultural-shift-from/)

[Roy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-porter/)

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> [Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-wallerstein/communism-is-utopia-that-is-nowhere-it-is-the-avatar-of-all-our/)

[Immanuel Wallerstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-wallerstein/)

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> [It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/it-is-ironic-that-the-one-thing-that-all-religions-recognize-as/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [The Bible did not arrive by fax from heaven. The Bible is the product of man, my dear. Not of God. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/the-bible-did-not-arrive-by-fax-from-heaven-the-bible-is-the-product/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [“Which means, therefore, that our Bible reading is never just for seeing, never just for learning and doctrine. It is not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/which-means-therefore-that-our-bible-reading-is-never-just-for-seeing/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [“It is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) to complain and cry about one’s own misery and it is raudradhyan (wrathful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/it-is-artadhyan-mournful-contemplation-that-hurts-the-self-to/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-smiles/the-spirit-of-self-help-is-the-root-of-all-genuine-growth-in-the/)

[Samuel Smiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-smiles/)

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> [I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sargent-shriver/i-believe-strongly-in-the-constitutional-principle-of-separating/)

[Sargent Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sargent-shriver/)

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> [A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-selden/a-glorious-church-is-like-a-magnificent-feast-there-is-all-the/)

[John Selden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-selden/)

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> [“Men have a great deal of pleasure in human knowledge, in studies of natural things; but this is nothing to that joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/men-have-a-great-deal-of-pleasure-in-human-knowledge-in-studies-of/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [Real man do not say stupid things about anyone based on stereotypes. This means that real man do not say horrible things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pacifiersucker/real-man-do-not-say-stupid-things-about-anyone-based-on-stereotypes/)

[Pacifiersucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pacifiersucker/)

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> [A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/a-just-laicism-allows-religious-freedom-the-state-does-not-impose/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Those who live by mystery & charlatanerie, fearing you would render them useless by simplifying the Christian philosophy - the most sublime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-live-by-mystery-charlatanerie-fearing-you-would-render-them/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/it-is-very-hard-to-tell-when-i-started-to-be-a-spiritual-teacher/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [Common experience declares how momentary and how useless are those violent fits and gusts of endeavours which proceed from fear and uncertainty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/common-experience-declares-how-momentary-and-how-useless-are-those/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

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> [The modern-day gospel says, 'God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Therefore, follow these steps, and you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-platt/the-modern-day-gospel-says-god-loves-you-and-has-a-wonderful-plan-for/)

[David Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-platt/)

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> [“When the intents of like and dislike arise in sensual pleasures (of 5 senses), keeping tolerance in it, (and) to not put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/when-the-intents-of-like-and-dislike-arise-in-sensual-pleasures-of-5/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [ \[Giving\] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/giving-is-the-essence-of-the-great-religions-of-the-world-whether-you/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [God loves America. When you consider what He went through to bring our forbearers to this magnificent land, and when you realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-james-kennedy/god-loves-america-when-you-consider-what-he-went-through-to-bring-our/)

[D. James Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-james-kennedy/)

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> [“The whole message of the Christian scripture is based in the idea of metanoia, the change of heart that happens when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-butler-bass/the-whole-message-of-the-christian-scripture-is-based-in-the-idea-of/)

[Diana Butler Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-butler-bass/)

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> [I have come to think that the challenge confronting Christians is not that we do not believe what we say, though that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-have-come-to-think-that-the-challenge-confronting-christians-is-not/)

[Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/)

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> [Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wuthnow/materialism-is-not-fundamentally-an-economic-problem-but-a-cultural/)

[Robert Wuthnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wuthnow/)

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> [“LUCIFER: They say what they must sing and say on pain Of being that which I am and thou art-- Of spirits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gordon-byron/lucifer-they-say-what-they-must-sing-and-say-on-pain-of-being-that/)

[George Gordon Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gordon-byron/)

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> [Faith is like love, it cannot be forced. Therefore it is a dangerous operation if an attempt be made to introduce or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/faith-is-like-love-it-cannot-be-forced-therefore-it-is-a-dangerous/)

[Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/)

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> [All other great men are valued for their lives; He, above all, for His death, around which mercy and truth, righteousness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomson/all-other-great-men-are-valued-for-their-lives-he-above-all-for-his/)

[Edward Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomson/)

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> [We are not to renounce our senses and experience, nor (that which is the undoubted Word of God) our natural Reason. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/we-are-not-to-renounce-our-senses-and-experience-nor-that-which-is/)

[Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/)

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> [People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-anne-moss/people-tell-you-the-world-looks-a-certain-way-parents-tell-you-how-to/)

[Carrie-Anne Moss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-anne-moss/)

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                        "text": "“We have taken Herodotus as an interesting specimen of what we have called the free intelligence of mankind. Now here we are dealing with a similar overflow of moral ideas into the general community. The Hebrew prophets, and the steady expansion of their ideas towards one God in all the world, is a parallel development of the free conscience of mankind. From this time onward there runs through human thought, now weakly and obscurely, now gathering power, the idea of one rule in the world, and of a promise and possibility of an active and splendid peace and happiness in human affairs. From being a temple religion of the old type, the Jewish religion becomes, to a large extent, a prophetic and creative religion of a new type. Prophet succeeds prophet.”",
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                        "text": "The fault with all religions like Christianity is that they have one set of rules for all. But Hindu religion is suited to all grades of religious aspiration and progress. It contains all the ideals in their perfect form. For example, the ideal of Shanta or blessedness is to be found in Vasishtha; that of love in Krishna; that of duty in Rama and Sita; and that of intellect in Shukadeva. Study the characters of these and of other ideal men. Adopt one which suits you best.",
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                        "text": "“The Cross of Christ is to be a reality to me not only once for all at my conversion, but all through my life as a Christian. True spirituality does not stop at the negative (death), but without the negative - in comprehension and in practice - we are not ready to go on.”",
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                        "text": "“We are all brothers, but I live on a salary paid me for prosecuting, judging, and condemning the thief or the prostitute whose existence the whole tenor of my life brings about...We are all brothers, but I live on the salary I gain by collecting taxes from needy laborers to be spent on the luxuries of the rich and idle. We are all brothers, but I take a stipend for preaching a false Christian religion, which I do not myself believe in, and which only serves to hinder men from understanding true Christianity.”",
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                        "text": "The spirit, if it could be seen with mortal eyes, would appear in bodily shape like a full-grown person with individual endowments that make it a counter-part of the body in which it [resides,] \"that which is temporal in the likeness of that which is spiritual.\" (D&C 77:2.) It was that which came from God and entered at birth into the infant body prepared by its mortal parents. The spirit was of the \"Lord from heaven.\" The physical body was \"of the earth, earthy,\" (2 Cor. 15:47) or in other words, composed of the elements of which the things in the physical world are composed.",
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                        "text": "One reason--perhaps the chief--of the virility of the Roosevelts is [their] very democratic spirit. They have never felt that because they were born in a good position they could put their hands in their pockets and succeed. They have felt, rather, that being born in a good position, there is no excuse for them if they did not do their duty by the community.",
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                        "text": "Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Christ, nirvana. It is not a historical prospect, but a current mythology. Socialism, by contrast, is a realizable historical system which may one day be instituted in the world.",
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                        "text": "Common experience declares how momentary and how useless are those violent fits and gusts of endeavours which proceed from fear and uncertainty, both in things spiritual and things temporal, or civil. Whilst men are under the power of actual impressions from such fears, they will convert to God, yea, they will turn in a moment, and perfect their holiness in an instant; but so soon as that impression wears off as it will do on every occasion, and upon none at all such persons are as dead and cold towards God as the lead or iron, which but now ran in a fiery stream, is now when the heat is departed from it.",
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