#religion

"I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases."

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

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

"Don't measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it."

"Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer"

"Atheism, true 'existential' atheism burning with hatred of a seemingly unjust or unmerciful God, is a spiritual state; it is a real attempt to grapple with the true God.… Nietzsche, in calling himself Antichrist, proved thereby his intense hunger for Christ."

"I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer."

"Some folks are happier not being saved."

"The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence humans have ever committed."

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."

"If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous . . . There are two equally dangerous extremes: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason."

"All religions are based on obsolete terminology."

"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible."

"Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature."

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

"Guys like him, the ones who grip the Bible so tight they leave fingernail grooves, they're the ones who are the most scared of their dark side. Always going too far the other way, fighting for the Lord, often just because it gives them an excuse to fight."

"We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are."

"If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?"

"The gods too are fond of a joke."

"All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words."