Religious Quotes · Page 85

To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.

— Albert Einstein

I believe that the truth with a capital T is at the center of all the great religious teachings.

— Marianne Williamson

Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.

— Tom Petty

There is no real religious experience that does not express itself in charity.

— C. H. Dodd

What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to…

— Therese of Lisieux

People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.

— Hector Hugh Munro

Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing.

— Nathanael Emmons

Remember, Jesus would rather constantly shame gays than let orphans have a family.

— Stephen Colbert

We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs.…

— David Horowitz

I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart.…

— Ja Rule

I am religious in the sense that I believe in God and I believe that there is an abiding logical spirit that…

— Stephen King

Secularists argue that differences of religion were the chief cause of violence in our history - conveniently overlooking violent clashes of region,…

— Stephen V Monsma

Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20…

— Dan Savage

It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is…

— Salman Rushdie

If you feel strongly about people having abortions, don't have one. But we are a country - USA - that likes to…

— John Irving

This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended…

— William Murchison

Treasured Pagan Deities were misrepresented and distorted by the Christians for political and religious gain. Dressing their own Satan, who has remained…

— Laurie Cabot

I don't have an issue with what you do in the church but I'm going to be up in your face if…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

You've got a generation of young men - almost all are young men - in situations of great economic hardship, where they…

— Salman Rushdie

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. The spirit is opposed, not only to the splendor, but even…

— Benjamin Rush

Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been…

— Henry Lipson

I respect all religions. What I don't respect is when people use religion to attack others. I've met people across the world,…

— Angelina Jolie

I do a certain amount of work in religious communities on these issues. It's not the central focus of my work but…

— Bill McKibben

“Having been exposed to a variety of religious experiences in the foster homes I lived in, being Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, or anything…

— Wayne W. Dyer

Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.

— Dolly Parton

We must remember we are stewards of what God has provided for us, not owners.

— Joyce Meyer

I don't want them (religious followers) trying to inflict their belief on me.

— Christopher Hitchens

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

— Taslima Nasrin

Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.

— Baron d'Holbach

Jesus Christ does not save the worthy, but the unworthy. Your plea must not be righteousness but guilt

— Charles Spurgeon

Music, among those who were styled the chosen people, was a religious art.

— Joseph Addison

Your Life is always a result of your thoughts about it-including your obviously creative thought that you seldom get what you choose.

— Neale Donald Walsch

I'm not Christian, but I'm religious. I believe in a higher God and beings and spirits.

— Gunplay

Religious people, in the name of the Constitution, are increasingly being shoved to the back of the social bus.

— Pat Swindall

A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge.

— Edward Alsworth Ross

The essence of the religious emotions consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

Plants are so important to the ancients for medicine and in a religious aspect - and in hemlock!

— Bettany Hughes

Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through…

— James Taylor

There can be no doubt that the systematic hostility of the courts to religion has lowered the prestige of religion in the…

— Robert Bork