“Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.”
— Azar Nafisi
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“Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.”
— Karl Barth
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“Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.”
— James Madison
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“The world is my country, science is my religion.”
— Christiaan Huygens
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“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.”
— Alexander Hamilton
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“Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.”
— Alan Watts
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“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.”
— Thomas Paine
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“With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world.”
— Jerry Costello
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“Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic.”
— Hu Shih
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“There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.”
— Dalai Lama
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“All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
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