Human heart Quote by Victor Hugo

“In our nineteenth century the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. Certain things have been unlearnt, and this is good, provided other things are…

— Victor Hugo

“In this nineteenth century, the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. People are unlearning certain things, and they do well, provided that, while unlearning…

— Victor Hugo

“And that in this backsliding day, we might not spend our breath in fruitless complaints of the evils of others; but may everyone begin…

— Various

“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences…

— Charles Stross

“Religion has had a free ride for too long and despite the growing murmurs of malcontents, the societal privilege afforded to faith remains a…

— Noah Lugeons

“people are finding that in their dramatically transformed circumstances, the old forms of faith no longer work for them: they cannot provide the enlightenment…

— Karen Armstrong

“Imagine that we could revive a well-educated Christian of the fourteenth century. The man would prove to be a total ignoramus, except on matters…

— Sam Harris

“I was glad that our venerable, almost formless religions, drained of all intransigence and purged of savage rites, linked us mysteriously to the most…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“When will man learn what was taught to him of old, that faith is the only plank wherewith he can float upon this sea…

— H. Rider Haggard

“...[A] strange necessity has been laid upon me to devote my life to the central concern that transcends the walls that divide and would…

— Howard Thurman

“It is nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance. And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their…

— Bram Stoker

“Modern non-religious man assumes a tragic existence and his existential choice is not without its greatness.”

— Mircea Eliade