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Religion Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something…
- The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn…
- To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
- Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
- Both Faith and Terror are instruments for the elimination of individual self-respect. Terror crushes the autonomy of self-respect, where Faith obtains its more or less…
- Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or…
- Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless.
- The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation,…
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- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
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