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title: "Famous Religion Quotes"
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> [Religion is not simply a theory, it is a higher life, of which morality is an integral part - a life devoted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/african-spir/religion-is-not-simply-a-theory-it-is-a-higher-life-of-which-morality/)

[African Spir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/african-spir/)

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> [We think "reading the Bible in context" means thinking about the handful of verses before and after the verses we're looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/we-think-reading-the-bible-in-context-means-thinking-about-the/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

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> [Jesus came to seek and save the lost. He knew what the cost would be. He also knew what the triumph would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-vader/jesus-came-to-seek-and-save-the-lost-he-knew-what-the-cost-would-be/)

[Randy Vader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-vader/)

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> [The uniting of Orthodoxy with state absolutism came about on the soil of a non-belief in the Divineness of the earth, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-uniting-of-orthodoxy-with-state-absolutism-came-about-on-the-soil/)

[Nikolai Berdyaev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolai-berdyaev/)

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> [The three monotheism share a series of identical forms of aversion: hatred of reason and intelligence; hatred of freedom; hatred of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-onfray/the-three-monotheism-share-a-series-of-identical-forms-of-aversion/)

[Michel Onfray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-onfray/)

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> [“The spirit within each human being is a small fragment of the Divine and Eternal, and if we give it the opportunity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-baldwin/the-spirit-within-each-human-being-is-a-small-fragment-of-the-divine/)

[Faith Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-baldwin/)

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> [“Me, when it comes to religion, I have no God. When I'm cool, I don't need anyone, and when I'm feeling shitty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/me-when-it-comes-to-religion-i-have-no-god-when-i-m-cool-i-don-t-need/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

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> [In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/in-all-the-disputes-which-have-excited-christians-against-each-other/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [In the 20th century, evangelical Christians in America have naively accepted the role assigned to us by an anti-religious, anti-Christian consensus in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-schaeffer/in-the-20th-century-evangelical-christians-in-america-have-naively/)

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

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> [You are always new. THe last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/you-are-always-new-the-last-of-your-kisses-was-ever-the-sweetest-the/)

[John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/)

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> [Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/is-the-appointment-of-chaplains-to-the-two-houses-of-congress/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [The Gospel is a very dangerous idea. We have to see how much of that dangerous idea we can perform in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-gospel-is-a-very-dangerous-idea-we-have-to-see-how-much-of-that/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

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> [Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/up-to-a-certain-point-it-is-good-for-us-to-know-that-there-are-people/)

[Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/)

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> [I can't tell Black people to fight a war that is Israel's war. What kind of leader will you be, or should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/i-can-t-tell-black-people-to-fight-a-war-that-is-israel-s-war-what/)

[Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-farrakhan/)

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> [“I've never been able to understand 'faith' myself, nor to see how a just God could expect his creatures to pick the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinlein/i-ve-never-been-able-to-understand-faith-myself-nor-to-see-how-a-just/)

[Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinlein/)

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> [“Modern research affirms what all religions have known: Service to others brings gifts to oneself. As the Dalai Lama put it, “If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-richmond/modern-research-affirms-what-all-religions-have-known-service-to/)

[Lewis Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-richmond/)

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> [“Spirituality is not an action, it is a vision. Worldly people’s vision is towards worldly life whereas ‘this’ is a spiritual vision.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/spirituality-is-not-an-action-it-is-a-vision-worldly-people-s-vision/)

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

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> [Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/evolution-has-encountered-no-intellectual-trouble-no-new-arguments/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [“Science is only scientific for as long as it is open to self-criticism. When scientists refuse to embrace new findings because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sacredfire/science-is-only-scientific-for-as-long-as-it-is-open-to-self/)

[Robin Sacredfire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sacredfire/)

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> [“The gospel calls us back to look at Jesus over and over again. A disciple of Jesus is a person who so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-k-dodson/the-gospel-calls-us-back-to-look-at-jesus-over-and-over-again-a/)

[Jonathan K. Dodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-k-dodson/)

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> [“We believe that liberty of religious faith is the first and foremost freedom in human society, is a universal value in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/we-believe-that-liberty-of-religious-faith-is-the-first-and-foremost/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

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> [My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-nimoy/my-wife-and-i-are-affiliated-with-a-temple-here-in-los-angeles-we/)

[Leonard Nimoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-nimoy/)

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> [True faith, by a mighty effort of the will, fixes its gaze on our Divine Helper, and there finds it possible and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-maclaren/true-faith-by-a-mighty-effort-of-the-will-fixes-its-gaze-on-our/)

[Alexander MacLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-maclaren/)

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> [Gosh, I think faith is a wonderful thing. And I even think religion's a wonderful thing. I know a lot of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-grammer/gosh-i-think-faith-is-a-wonderful-thing-and-i-even-think-religion-s-a/)

[Kelsey Grammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-grammer/)

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> [All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true. Some beliefs are false, and we know them to be false. So it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/all-religions-plainly-and-simply-cannot-be-true-some-beliefs-are/)

[Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/)

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> [It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-khatami/it-is-with-extreme-sadness-that-we-hear-of-the-passing-of-the-leader/)

[Mohammad Khatami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammad-khatami/)

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> [To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/to-those-searching-for-truth-not-the-truth-of-dogma-and-darkness-but/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [the Press has no band of critics who go the round of the churches and chapels, and are on the watch for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-press-has-no-band-of-critics-who-go-the-round-of-the-churches-and/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“you don’t have to live in community long to realize that lives which are blessed and instructive are still flawed. The grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-wilson-hartgrove/you-don-t-have-to-live-in-community-long-to-realize-that-lives-which/)

[Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-wilson-hartgrove/)

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> [There is a close connection between art and religion in the sense that both are concerned about questions of meaning - if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-patterson/there-is-a-close-connection-between-art-and-religion-in-the-sense/)

[Freeman Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-patterson/)

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> [“In Protestantism there has been a persistent belief that to externalize religion is to degrade it. Only in the privacy of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-nisbet/in-protestantism-there-has-been-a-persistent-belief-that-to/)

[Robert Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-nisbet/)

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> [“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-niebuhr/nothing-that-is-worth-doing-can-be-achieved-in-our-lifetime-therefore-2/)

[Reinhold Niebuhr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-niebuhr/)

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> [Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson/character-is-in-turn-the-enduring-source-of-virtue-it-stands-by/)

[E. O. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson/)

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> [“After graduating high school and leaving my faith-reinforcing circle of Christian classmates, my religious fervor cooled somewhat, but I was still firm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-jeskin/after-graduating-high-school-and-leaving-my-faith-reinforcing-circle/)

[Alan Jeskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-jeskin/)

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> [“Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/religion-is-not-the-place-where-the-problem-of-man-s-egotism-is/)

[Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-keller/)

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> [It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-appeared-to-me-that-the-dignity-of-which-human-existence-is/)

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

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> [“The essence of America – that which really unites us — is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/the-essence-of-america-that-which-really-unites-us-is-not-ethnicity/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [“The Catholic chruch as threatened your life - do you not want revenge? Have you not sold your hatred to the Pretestant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-j-parris/the-catholic-chruch-as-threatened-your-life-do-you-not-want-revenge/)

[S.J. Parris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-j-parris/)

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> [“There are two ways of renouncing the devil,” he said; “and the difference is perhaps the deepest chasm in modern religion. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/there-are-two-ways-of-renouncing-the-devil-he-said-and-the-difference/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [“It’s not just on specific days or times to be conscious of God’s presence, but all the time. I can feel holiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadiqua-hamdan/it-s-not-just-on-specific-days-or-times-to-be-conscious-of-god-s/)

[Sadiqua Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadiqua-hamdan/)

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                        "text": "The three monotheism share a series of identical forms of aversion: hatred of reason and intelligence; hatred of freedom; hatred of all books in the name of one book alone; hatred of sexuality, women,and pleasure; hatred of feminine; hatred of body, of desires, of drives. Instead Judaism, Christianity, and Islam extol faith and belief, obedience and submission, taste for death and longing for the beyond, the asexual angel and chastity, virginity and monogamous love, wife and mother, soul and spirit. In other words, life crucified and nothingness exalted.",
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                        "text": "“Me, when it comes to religion, I have no God. When I'm cool, I don't need anyone, and when I'm feeling shitty and this big empty hole opens up inside me, I just know there's never been a god that could fill it and there never will be.”",
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                        "text": "In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.",
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                        "text": "In the 20th century, evangelical Christians in America have naively accepted the role assigned to us by an anti-religious, anti-Christian consensus in our society. We have been relegated to a cultural backwater, where we are meant to paddle around content in the knowledge that we are merely allowed to exist.",
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                        "text": "You are always new. THe last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest. When you pass'd my window home yesterday, I was fill'd with as much admiration as if I had then seen you for the first time...Even if you did not love me I could not help an entire devotion to you.",
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                        "text": "Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative. The Constitution of the U. S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion. The law appointing Chaplains establishes a religious worship for the national representatives, to be performed by Ministers of religion, elected by a majority of them, and these are to be paid out of the national taxes. Does this not involve the principle of a national establishment ... ?",
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                        "text": "The Gospel is a very dangerous idea. We have to see how much of that dangerous idea we can perform in our own lives. There is nothing innocuous or safe about the Gospel. Jesus did not get crucified because he was a nice man.",
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                        "text": "Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.",
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                        "text": "I can't tell Black people to fight a war that is Israel's war. What kind of leader will you be, or should I be, to allow these babies Black, white and brown, to fight Israel's war, because Zionists dominate the government of the United States of America and her banking system.",
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                        "text": "“Modern research affirms what all religions have known: Service to others brings gifts to oneself. As the Dalai Lama put it, “If you’re going to be selfish, be wisely selfish, which means to love and serve others, since love and service to others bring rewards to oneself”",
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                        "text": "My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious.",
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                        "text": "True faith, by a mighty effort of the will, fixes its gaze on our Divine Helper, and there finds it possible and wise to lose its fears. It is madness to say, \"I will not be afraid; \"it is wisdom and peace to say, \"I will trust and not be afraid.",
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                        "text": "Gosh, I think faith is a wonderful thing. And I even think religion's a wonderful thing. I know a lot of people want to say, 'Religion's the only reason that man has had any trouble at all,' but you know what? World War I and World War II were not fought because of religious reasons.",
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                        "text": "All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true. Some beliefs are false, and we know them to be false. So it does no good to put a halo on the notion of tolerance as if everything could be equally true. To deem all beliefs equally true is sheer nonsense for the simple reason that to deny that statement would also, then, be true. But if the denial of the statement is also true, then all religions are not true.",
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