#religion

"Le spectacle est la reconstruction matérielle de l'illusion religieuse."

"In our country religion is not different from philosophy and religion & philosophy don’t differ from science."

"Sin is a gravitation."

"Having one king, one god, one belief, they can act single-mindedly."

"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song."

"Your daily life is your temple and your religion."

"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."

"Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light."

"One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion."

"Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you."

"God’s word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action."

"I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self security. Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not."

"There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group."

"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 is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this religious stock of ideas contains dogmatically fixed statements on subjects which belong in the domain of science."

"Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion."

"Spiritual pain is when you can’t stand another moment not knowing the real truth, and when you finally do know you can’t let go."

"There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty."

"There is only one religion - it is a way a man dies."

"Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration tomoral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually writtenin it?"