religion

"We are not worshipping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with creation."

"I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things."

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."

"I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation."

"All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe."

"Religion is never more tested than when our emotions are ablaze. At such a time, the timeless grandeur of the Law and its ethics stand at our mercy."

"‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us."

"When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary."

"Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith."

"Rule Number Two, Monsignor. Do not show pity."

"All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher."

"Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable."

"Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?"

"If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise."

"A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking."

"A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them."

"Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way."

"Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random. It was even beginning to believe things they'd have difficulty believing in Salt Lake City."

"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."

"Photons have mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic."