religion

"Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there."

"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last."

"CALVIN:This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery?If the guy exists why doesn't he ever show himself and prove it?And if he doesn't exist what's the meaning of all this?HOBBES:I dunno. Isn't this a religious holiday? CALVIN:Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God."

"وتجديد الإسلام ليس نقل الدين من مكانه إلى حيث يهوى الناس، بل نقل الناس من نطاق أهوائهم إلى حيث يرضى الله"

"I have found God, but he is insufficient."

"وفي القرآن الكريم يقول تعالى للسيد المسيح :"أأنت قلت للناس اتخذوني وأمي إلهين"يرد المسيح:"إن كنت قلته فقد علمته "والله تعالى يعلم كل شي..ماقال المسيح ومالم يقل ..ولكن الله يعلمنا أدب الحوار..وأدب المناقشة ..أدب أن نسأل وأن ننتظر الإجابة"

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."

"it is interesting to find that people of faith now seek defensively to say that they are no worse than fascists or Nazis or Stalinists"

"He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety."

"A truth that's told with bad intentBeats all the lies you can invent."

"Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee."

"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness."

"It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing."

"We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are."

"Do you believe in God, doctor?"No - but what does that really mean? I'm fumbling in the dark, struggling to make something out. But I've long ceased finding that original."

"Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as justification to discriminate against others, don’t be upset when others decide you’re an asshole."[Blog post of July 26, 2011]"

"Rejection is an opportunity for your selection."

"Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them."

"I had failed to make a gift of myself to God."

"I believe that people who are devoutly religious, within any specific religion, have no true respect for the ultimate vastness that is God."