#religion

"Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all."

"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever."

"Could a being create the fifty billion galaxieseach with two hundred billion starsthen rejoice in the smell of burning goat flesh?"

"You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility."

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

"I call him religious who understands the suffering of others."

"I'm just tired of hearing about God all the time. What has He got to do with anything?... I'm not going to be immoral or commit crimes because I don't believe. I don't even think about that. I just get so tired of Him getting the credit for things the human race achieves through its own effort. Now, there simply is no God. There's only man. And it's he who makes miracles."

"God is a book I can no longer read."

"The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to."

"It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts."

"In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls."

"There's no God higher than truth."

"I tell you, lad, that men will believe is one says, "The Gods say..."They will believe if one says, "I had a Vision..."They will believe if one says, "It was told me on a tablet of hidden gold..."But, if one says, "History teaches,"then they will not believe."

"So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name.The problem’s name is God."

"A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?” And the master of the good name said, “When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake."

"I know one thing you don't. I know the difference between Right and Wrong. They didn't teach you that at school.'Rose didn't answer; the woman was quite right: the two words meant nothing to her. Their taste was extinguished by stronger foods--Good and Evil."

"Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question."

"Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing."

"Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening."

"Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think."