Acquaintance Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

— Austin Farrer

Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect himself by…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Religion is not knowledge. Religion is love. The word 'religion' comes from a root which means binding together - falling into love, becoming one.

— Rajneesh

Knowledge, like religion, must be experienced in order to be known.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The generality of friends puts us out of conceit with friendship; just as the generality of religious people puts us out of conceit with…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Often enough it is little that can be done in an old country, where life is ruled by fixed and imperious traditions; while much…

— Henry Parry Liddon

The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There is seldom a difficulty with religion where there is friendship.

— Sebastian Barry

For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

— Anonymous

Knowledge often spoils devotion.

— Kate Horsley

The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen and to…

— Thomas Keating