#religion

"You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Two reasons: First of all, I think he's a good actor, okay? To me, that counts. Second, he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn't fuck around. In fact, Joe Pesci came through on a couple of things that God was having trouble with."

"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself."

"The Divine Voice is not always expressed in words. It is made known as a heart-consciousness."

"With the moon walk, the religious myth that sustained these notions could no longer be held. With our view of earthrise, we could see that the earth and the heavens were no longer divided but that the earth is in the heavens. (105)"

"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."

"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."

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

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

"Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future."

"I studied every page of this book, and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker. God is not love in the Bible; God is vengeance, from Alpha to Omega."

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

"Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen."

"Most of the time it's not the Europeans who belittle us. What happens when we look at them is that we belittle ourselves. When we undertake the pilgrimage, it's not just to escape the tyranny at home but also to reach to the depths of our souls. The day arrives when the guilty must return to save those who could not find the courage to leave."

"I am serving the purpose for which I was designed, therefore I am satisfied with my existence."

"Once you've condoned faith in general, you've condoned any crazy shit done because of faith."

"The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,"says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"In truth,there was only one christian and he died on the cross."

"الصيام رياضة روحية وقهر للبدن وكبح وإلجام للعنصر الحيوانى فى الإنسان"

"May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile."