James Branch Cabell's quote "Patriotism is the religious beliefs of hell" is a thought-provoking declaration that challenges our conventional understanding of patriotism. Cabell suggests that patriotism, when required to extreme levels, can become a destructive force that promotes war and hatred instead of peace and unity. By calling it the "religious beliefs of hell," he suggests that blind patriotism can cause harmful beliefs and actions that break the really principles of human decency and morality. Cabell's quote acts as a pointer that patriotism, like any other ideology, need to be tempered with factor and compassion in order to achieve its real potential as a unifying force for good.
"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"
"War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it"
"It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life"
"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"
