Absolute truth Quote by Ernst Cassirer

Since religion is a primitive form of philosophy — an attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality — many of its myths are…

— Ayn Rand

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If…

— Albert Schweitzer

There is no extrahistorical or eternalist or abstractivistically pure standpoint where we can get oriented in the absolute Truth per se before dealing with…

— Kenny Smith

History is in a manner a sacred thing, so far as it contains truth; for where truth is, the supreme Father of it may…

— Miguel de Cervantes

Every one of the world's "great" religions utterly trivializes the immensity and beauty of the cosmos. Books like the Bible and the Koran get…

— Sam Harris

Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.

— Dave Brat

Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The world of religion is no longer a concrete fact proposed for our acceptance and adoration. It is an unfathomable universe which engulfs us,…

— Evelyn Underhill

“If religion addresses a genuine sphere of understanding and human necessity, then it should be susceptible to progress; its doctrines should become more useful,…

— Sam Harris

Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that…

— Stephen King

“History does not record anywhere a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up…

— Robert Heinlein

It is a fact of history and of current events that human beings exaggerate, misinterpret, or wrongly remember events. They have also fabricated pious…

— Dan Barker