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Religion Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- No child really chooses his religion; it is just the luck of the draw which blanket of beliefs you are wrapped in.
- That’s what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It’s a petri dish for stereotypes to grow in. Religion’s…
- Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.
- I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it would be all…
- Religion was supposed to be a blanket drawn up to your chin to keep you warm, a promise that when it came to the end,…
- Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith. You said that…
- It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because…
- I am not a religious man. I have not attended a service for many years. But I do believe in God. My own practice of…
- Good people are good people; religion has nothing to do with it.
- Religion isn't in your DNA. you don't believe just because your parents believe.
More Religion Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum… — Karen Armstrong
- There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have… — Karen Armstrong
- Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants… — Karen Armstrong
- Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to… — Karen Armstrong
- 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