Book Quote by Richard Le Gallienne

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

— Thomas Paine

Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution.

— Robert A. Heinlein

That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history.

— Thomas Howard

The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been consistently less violent and more humane…

— Aldous Huxley

The history of religions reaches down and makes contact with that which is essentially human: the relation of man to the sacred. The history…

— Mircea Eliade

“Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion.”

— Dan Brown

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

— Frank Herbert

Religion is the resolute following of the star of hope through triumphs and tragedies of time.

— Eustace Haydon

In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits,…

— Paul Harris

“As anyone who read religious history could attest nothing cemented people's belief faster than a human being dying for his cause. Christ on the…

— Dan Brown

Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

— Frank Herbert