Alarms Quote by John Keats

It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.

— Rodney Stark

One fact must be familiar to all those who have any experience of human nature - a sincerely religious man is often an exceedingly…

— William Winwood Reade

“Religious guilt causes people to deny their behavior even as they engage in it. Guilt short-circuits rational examination of behavior in favor of supernatural…

— ED.D Darrel Ray

“Most of us are creatures so comforted by habit, it can take something on the order of religion to invoke new, more conscious behaviors--however…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion

— Mark Twain

“The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone…

— Albert Einstein

Our human tendency is to be impatient with the person who cannot see the truth that is so plain to us. We must be…

— Henry B. Eyring

To the self-righteous, being judged according to deeds does not seem too alarming but to the man who knows himself the thought is terrifying.

— Paul Washer

To forego the pleasures of sense, and undergo the hardships that attend a holy life, is such a kind of mercenariness as none but…

— Robert Boyle

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if…

— William James

But when a man’s religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and in fine, makes this earth of ours…

— Moby

“It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his…

— Loren Eiseley