#religion

"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

"Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life."

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

"One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests."

"Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew."

"God's gifts put men's best dreams to shame."

"There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep."

"An eternity of wishing to speak directly to my Creator - I thought in despair - and this is how He finally contacts me? Through AOL Instant Messenger?"

"The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence."

"The only debatable issue, it seems to me, is whether it is more ridiculous to turn to experts in social theory for general well-confirmed propositions, or to the specialists in the great religions and philosophical systems for insights into fundamental human values."

"Du kennst doch bestimmt den Spruch, dass Gott die Menschen nach seinem Ebenbild erschaffen hat. Guck dich mal um! Wenn man davon ausgeht, dass Gott ein Arschloch ist, ergibt das plötzlich mächtig viel Sinn."

"You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time."

"The world is charged with the grandeur of God."

"Pray to God, but row towards shore."

"The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society."

"Whether divine or human, it is precisely the imagination that fashions and recognizes the universe as meaningful, abiding, and valuable, that is to say, as real."

"I’ve often wondered why the Protestant Reformation took place in Germany, rather than in Poland. Then I realize that Luther had to nail his 95 theses to the church door, and the Poles didn’t know how to operate a hammer."

"Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing."

"At times , he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words . But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the arabic words made as they rolled off his tongue . He said they comforted him , eased his heart . "They'll comfort you too . Mrariam jo , "he said . "You can summon then in your time of your need , and they won't fail you . God's words will never betray you , my girl . (pg.17)"

"You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience."