Believe Quote by John Lennon

“Institutionalized torture in Christendom was not just an unthinking habit; it had a moral rationale. If you really believe that failing to accept Jesus…

— Steven Pinker

Fervent religious believers sacrifice pleasures of the body, but instead enjoy pleasures of the mind, including the joy of knowing that those men who…

— Bertrand Russell

“If Jesus was willing to be beaten and tortured to gain the salvation of mankind, the least we can do is tell them about…

— Evan Minton

Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end.

— Charles Baudelaire

Once you have been tortured, you can never belong in this world. There is no place that ever be your home.

— Roma Tearne

I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.

— Shawn Mendes

If a Christian really believed that his neighbor will be tortured in all eternity in Hell, he should try day and night to persuade…

— Richard Wurmbrand

Everyone is tortured. Do you know anyone who isn't?

— Patty Griffin

I think being tortured as a virtue is a kind of antiquated sense of what it is to be an artist. It comes out…

— Mary Karr

The idea of heaven is Christianity's way of creating a hell on earth.

— Marilyn Manson

I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that.

— Laurie Anderson

To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from…

— Mahatma Gandhi