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title: "22 Understand Religion Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [I think that religion is an integral part of human needs, but the question also is how you understand religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/i-think-that-religion-is-an-integral-part-of-human-needs-but-the/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

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> [I understand religion is a walk, it's a journey. And I fully recognize that I'm a sinner, just like you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/i-understand-religion-is-a-walk-it-s-a-journey-and-i-fully-recognize/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [Socrates reminds us that it is not the same thing, but almost the opposite, to understand religion and to accept it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-merleau-ponty/socrates-reminds-us-that-it-is-not-the-same-thing-but-almost-the/)

[Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-merleau-ponty/)

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> [I am an atheist... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-am-an-atheist-i-don-t-understand-religion-at-all-i-m-sure-i-ll/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

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> [“In fact, I don’t understand religion at all and as far as I can see the only thing it does is hasten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-mcmullen/in-fact-i-don-t-understand-religion-at-all-and-as-far-as-i-can-see/)

[Beth McMullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-mcmullen/)

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> [All the religions have deviated from its roots, and the main thing was that you must have your Realization, you must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/all-the-religions-have-deviated-from-its-roots-and-the-main-thing-was/)

[Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/)

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> [Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/once-you-see-the-drivers-in-indonesia-you-understand-why-religion/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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> [“If you do not have the sense to understand religion from the right perspective, then you are in the trap of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-zaki-ansari/if-you-do-not-have-the-sense-to-understand-religion-from-the-right/)

[Mohammed Zaki Ansari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-zaki-ansari/)

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> [It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-l-moody/it-is-a-masterpiece-of-the-devil-to-make-us-believe-that-children/)

[Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-l-moody/)

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> [Believers are right when they say that to understand a religion properly you need to get under its skin. But to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-baggini/believers-are-right-when-they-say-that-to-understand-a-religion/)

[Julian Baggini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-baggini/)

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> [Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/those-who-think-religion-has-nothing-to-do-with-politics-understand/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Religion is never going to go away, and anyone who thinks it will doesn't understand what religion is. It is a language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/religion-is-never-going-to-go-away-and-anyone-who-thinks-it-will/)

[Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/)

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> [“The Auditors had tried to understand religion, because so much that made no sense whatsoever was done in its name. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-auditors-had-tried-to-understand-religion-because-so-much-that/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/every-time-you-understand-something-religion-becomes-less-likely-only/)

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

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> [I don't criticise anybody, but I just don't understand religion. Like I don't understand nationalism. These are the two things that cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-masekela/i-don-t-criticise-anybody-but-i-just-don-t-understand-religion-like-i/)

[Hugh Masekela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-masekela/)

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> [“People fight over religion, because they don't understand religion. They think reading a few Bibles, Qurans and Vedas makes them religious. Books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/people-fight-over-religion-because-they-don-t-understand-religion/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [“I, myself, searched for Sham-bha-la for eleven years. I am perhaps a little wiser than I was, but it may be I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talbot-mundy/i-myself-searched-for-sham-bha-la-for-eleven-years-i-am-perhaps-a/)

[Talbot Mundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talbot-mundy/)

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> [“In desperate attempt to give meaning to life, many turn to religion, because a struggle in the name of a faith is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/in-desperate-attempt-to-give-meaning-to-life-many-turn-to-religion/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [“Krister Stendhal, a Lutheran minister and Harvard University Dean gave these rules of Religious understanding for reporters to use when they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristner-stendhal/krister-stendhal-a-lutheran-minister-and-harvard-university-dean-gave/)

[Kristner Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristner-stendhal/)

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> [“They don’t understand that religion and science are there to serve different purposes. We need science to understand how everything on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-khoury/they-don-t-understand-that-religion-and-science-are-there-to-serve/)

[Raymond Khoury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-khoury/)

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> [“By relegating the things we fear and don't understand to religion, and the things we understand and control to science, we rob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/by-relegating-the-things-we-fear-and-don-t-understand-to-religion-and/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [Millions of people have tried meditation and dropped out of it because they took it very seriously. Religion has been thought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/millions-of-people-have-tried-meditation-and-dropped-out-of-it/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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                        "text": "“I, myself, searched for Sham-bha-la for eleven years. I am perhaps a little wiser than I was, but it may be I am only lazy and afraid. At any rate, it seems to me a waste of energy to try to learn what is beyond my understanding. I don't even understand my own religion. How shall I understand that of individuals whose thinking is said to comprehend all religions and philosophies and all the problems of the human race?”",
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                        "text": "“In desperate attempt to give meaning to life, many turn to religion, because a struggle in the name of a faith is always a justification for some grand action that could transform the world. ‘We are doing God’s work,’ they tell themselves. And they become devout followers, then evangelists and, finally, fanatics. They don’t understand that religion was created in order to share the mystery and to worship, not to oppress or convert others. The great manifestation of the miracle of God is life. Tonight, I will weep for you, O Jerusalem, because that understanding of the Divine Unity is about to disappear for the next one thousand years.”",
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                        "text": "Millions of people have tried meditation and dropped out of it because they took it very seriously. Religion has been thought to be a very serious affair - it is not. One has to understand - at least those who are with me - that religion is a playfulness, a laughter. Take it easy; then things blossom without any tension. You are not taking it easy, you are making it difficult.",
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