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Religious Quotes by Mark Twain
- Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them.
- That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question…
- The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close.
- The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way…
- Irrevence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.
- Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for that; it is…
- I purpose publishing these Letters here in the world before I return to you. Two editions. One, unedited, for Bible readers and their children; the…
- Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He…
- It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better for us-oh infinitely…
- Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned
- We have to keep our God placated with prayer, and even then we are never sure of him-how much higher and finer is the Indian's…
- I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet-I am inclined to expect one.
- Man is a marvelous curiosity...he thinks he is the Creator's pet...he even believes the Creator loves him; has passion for him; sits up nights to…
- Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion
- If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time.
- Our Congresses consist of Christians. In their private life they are true to every obligation of honor; yet in every session they violate them all,…
- In America-as elsewhere-free speech is confined to the dead.
- Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.
- Dying man couldn't make up his mind which place to go to-both have their advantages, heaven for the climate, hell for the company!
- Well, no doubt it's a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed.
- ...and last but not least, reflecting my feelings on proofreading...excuse any pages on my websites that have misspelled words or grammatical errors...I'm not a proofreader…
- I would not read the proof of one of my books for any fair & reasonable sum whatever, if I could get out of it.…
- There has been only one Christian. They caught and curcified him-early.
- Grown people everywhere are always likely to cling to the religion they were brought up in.
- Many people have the reasoning facility, but no one uses it in religious matters.
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- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — 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
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — 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
- 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
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
- The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Teresa of Avila