Historical fiction Quote by Aziz Hamza

“It is the greatest folly that is in Babel for people to strive about religion, so that they contend vehemently about opinions of their…

— Jakob Böhme

“We are more politically fanatical than ever before, more religiously zealous, more rigid in our thinking, less capable of empathy. We are completely avoiding…

— Nathan Hill

“What is boasted of at the present time as the revival of religion, is always, in narrow and uncultivated minds, at least as much…

— John Stuart Mill

“However superficially appealing, the idea that a religious tradition could be saved from crisis because a group of intellectuals radically reinterpreted its sacred texts…

— Ross Douthat

“People need the truth. It does them no good to remain ignorant. They need the freedom that comes through the grace of simplicity. And…

— Richard J. Foster

“Upon closer observation, it becomes apparent that every strong upsurge of power in the public sphere, be it of a political or a religious…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride.”

— Ian Martin

“There should be philosophy and knowledge for the elect, religion and sentimentality for the masses”

— Christopher Hitchens

“Ideology brings about a disastrous fusion: that of violence and righteousness — a savagery without stain.”

— Martin Amis

“Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us unwilling to criticize ideas that are increasingly maladaptive and patently ridiculous.”

— Sam Harris

“To permit ignorance is to empower it. To do nothing as our leaders proclaim absurdities is a crime of complacency.”

— Dan Brown

“Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

— Seneca