Religious Quotes

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Small: I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth
"I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions"
Frank Murphy, Politician
Small: After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands - Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them - Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
"The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them"
Thomas Jefferson, President
Small: By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive - Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
"By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality - Mahatma Gand
Mahatma Gandhi
"I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith - Mah
Mahatma Gandhi
"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind pu
Mahatma Gandhi
"A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: It is not funny that anything else should fall down only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
Small: The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person - Abraham Linc
Abraham Lincoln
"The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - t
Carl Jung
"I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious.
William James
"There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse"
William James, Philosopher
Small: Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction - Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
Small: More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion - Alexander Chase
"More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion"
Alexander Chase, Author
Small: Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word rece
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
Small: Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asyl
Samuel Adams
"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty"
Samuel Adams, Revolutionary
Small: The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because its a sort of biblical thing. Its someth
Pamela Stephenson
"The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience"
Pamela Stephenson, Actress
Small: But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious
Adam Weishaupt
"But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon"
Adam Weishaupt, Clergyman
Small: Id like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play gol
Brad Pitt
"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right"
Brad Pitt, Actor
Small: Im not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant - Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe
"I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant"
Daniel Radcliffe, Actor
Small: For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything e
Susan Sontag
"For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied"
Susan Sontag, Author
Small: Im very interested in religion as something to study, but Im not a religious person in the slightest - Daniel
Daniel Radcliffe
"I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest"
Daniel Radcliffe, Actor
Small: My father was very outwardly religious - John McGahern
"My father was very outwardly religious"
John McGahern, Writer
Small: Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates
B. R. Ambedkar
"Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act"
B. R. Ambedkar, Politician
Small: He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God
J.D. Salinger
"He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world"
J.D. Salinger, Novelist
Small: Not every religion has to have St. Augustines attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrate
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
Small: For a truly religious man nothing is tragic - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"For a truly religious man nothing is tragic"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
Small: I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me
John F. Kennedy
"I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and
"No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer"
Jane Elliot, Actress
Small: The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has
"The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance"
Peter L. Berger, Sociologist
Small: The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the cou
"The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but Id far rather see for myself whats going on in the world
"I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking"
Michael Palin, Comedian
Small: Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology - Richard King
"Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology"
Richard King, Director
Small: Im not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a r
Christina Aguilera
"I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God"
Christina Aguilera, Musician
Small: We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them - James Carville
"We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them"
James Carville, Lawyer
Small: The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms - Henri Frederic Amiel
"The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms"
Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher
Small: Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof
"Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger"
Frank Murphy, Politician
Small: By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion and all sects and denominations
Samuel Chase
"By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty"
Samuel Chase, Judge
Small: Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and per
"Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point"
Francis Arinze, Clergyman
Small: I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a g
Shelley Winters
"I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience"
Shelley Winters, Actress
Small: There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling
"There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved"
Peter L. Berger, Sociologist
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