Atheism Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the…

— John Henry Newman

Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

— Cyril Cusack

Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both…

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance…

— Radhanath Swami

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.

— Sigmund Freud

My observation continues to confirm me more and more in the opinion, that to experience religion is to experience the truth of the great…

— Ichabod Spencer

Religion is rather the attempt to express the complete reality of goodness through every aspect of our being.

— F. H. Bradley

Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction gives a…

— William Ellery Channing

Religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits; a…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

I believe firmly in the efficacy of religion, in its powerful influence on a person's whole life. It helps immeasurably to meet the storms…

— Anonymous

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

— Alexis Carrel