"Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide"
- Tom Robbins
About this Quote
This quote by Tom Robbins is a commentary on the power of religion in culture. He is suggesting that faith is not just a way to pacify the masses, however a means to manage them. Religion can be used to adjust people right into believing specific ideas and also adhering to specific guidelines. It can be made use of to manage individuals's actions as well as maintain them in line. Faith can be a powerful device for those in power, as well as it can be made use of to oppress those that are not in power. Faith can be a resource of convenience and also solace for some, but it can also be a source of concern and also injustice for others. Religion can be a double-edged sword, as well as it is important to be familiar with its power and also possibility for misuse.
This quote is written / told by Tom Robbins somewhere between July 22, 1936 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 19 other quotes.
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"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"
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart"
