Chance Quote by John Cleese

The real religion is about the understanding that if we can only still our egos for a few seconds, we might have a chance…

— John Cleese

“Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle between human…

— Timothy J. Keller

Many moments in religion seem attractive to me even though I can't believe in any of it.

— Alain de Botton

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

— William James

“Religions are metaphorical systems that give us bigger containers in which to hold our lives. A spiritual life allows us to move beyond the…

— Mary Bray Pipher

“I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck.…

— Winston Graham

We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.

— Chogyam Trungpa

What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs

— Richard Taylor

My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.

— Oliver Sacks

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

Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Our eternal spiritual self is more real than anything we perceive in this physical realm, and has a divine connection to the infinite love…

— Eben Alexander