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Religion Quotes by Frank Herbert
- All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of…
- Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.
- When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows.
- When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to…
- Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
- When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than…
- When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and…
- [Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never…
- Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for…
- But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.
- Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
- Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing…
- Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
- When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way.
More Religion Quotes
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- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi