“My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.”
— Lionel Blue
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“We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.”
— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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“Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect – freedom of thought and freedom of action.”
— Frank Murphy
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“Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths.”
— Muhammad Ali
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“Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.”
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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“If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.”
— Charles Spurgeon
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“Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.”
— Mitt Romney
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“Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion.”
— Ruth St. Denis
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“Wars have always started over religion.”
— Glenn Danzig
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“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”
— David Hume
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“The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.”
— Hugh Hefner
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