religion

"For me, religion is like a rhinoceros: I don't have one, and I'd really prefer not to be trampled by yours."

"Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's sizeBut when I start to tell them,They think I'm telling lies.I say,It's in the reach of my armsThe span of my hips,The stride of my step,The curl of my lips.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me."

"With or without God, good decisions can be made; But only with God will great decisions be made."

"There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages."

"Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?"

"My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can."

"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"

"I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion."

"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."

"Being lost is the way, how else can you be found?"

"I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it."

"The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done the best they could, no doubt. But this is an age for spiritual heroes- a time for men and women to be heroic in their faith and in spiritual character and power. The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low."

"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."

"A man of God would never burn or harm a temple of any kind - regardless of religion. A true man of God would see every temple or divine mansion built to glorify the Creator - as an extension of the temple closest to his home, regardless of its shape, size, or color. A man who truly recognizes and knows God can see God in all things."

"Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better. It's not."

"When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within."

"It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us,"said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you."

"Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand."

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