Religion Quote by Frank Herbert

“While missionaries do many noble things at great risk to themselves, their dogmatism still spreads ignorance and death.”

— Sam Harris

“Not the last time in Western history, the revolutionaries armed themselves with a new religion to steel themselves for greater outrageous.”

— Niall Ferguson

“Years ago when I served as a missionary, we had a visit from Dr. James E. Talmage of the Council of the Twelve--a great…

— Harold B. Lee

“In short, missionaries are scaring people into changing their behavior and abandoning their tradition. They are destroying entire cultures for the single purpose of…

— Al Stefanelli

To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland…

— Ernest Renan

“Life is not so predictable. I am forced to listen more carefully. In the right and left worlds, the stories told are largely set,…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity…

— Christopher Hitchens

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.

— Erwin McManus

“Certain beliefs place their adherents beyond the reach of every peaceful means of persuasion, while inspiring them to commit acts of extraordinary violence against…

— Sam Harris

True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

“It is extreme folly for any people to send thousands of missionaries out into the world to preach the Gospel to the nations, and…

— Joseph F. Smith

“Religions of hope and love are a luxury of security and order; the need for striking fear into a subject or rebellious people made…

— Will Durant