Faith Quote by Eric Hoffer

Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

— Eric Hoffer

“The enemy—the indispensible devil of every mass movement—is omnipresent. He plots both outside and inside the ranks of the faithful. It is his voice…

— Eric Hoffer

“The essence of religion remains love and kindness, yet it has been the biggest cause of hatred and violence.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Any man of God who actively condones hatred of another group, especially blanket hate for any people different from himself, has lost his way.…

— Shayne Silvers

“Hatred is the result of beliefs. It is the fruit that falls from the tree of faith.”

— Steven James

“Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“If God is love, then any regilion based on hatred, discrimination, punishments and prohibitions is from the Devil.”

— Kimberly Loskov

“The trouble with the Devil is that we see him in the faces of those we hate, justifying our violence toward them.”

— Richard Beck

“Too many people, when they reject God, go on believing in the devil. Many intellectuals have a sense of evil without a confidence in…

— Margaret Mead

The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation.

— George Sarton

“Sometimes hatred can even give unbelievable power to people.”

— Kei Ohishi

Movements born in hatred very quickly take on the characteristics of the thing they oppose.

— J S Habgood