“I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.”
— Herbert Read
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To fall in love is to create
“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.”
— Jorge Luis Borges
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I ask you to pray for me,
“I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.”
— Paul Cezanne
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Fear of things invisible in the natural
“Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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If I were asked for a one-sentence
“If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.”
— Salman Rushdie
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We first fought the heathens in the
“We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.”
— Serj Tankian
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My religion lies in my composition.
“My religion lies in my composition.”
— John Philip Sousa
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Do not imagine that what we have
“Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.”
— Maimonides
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Well, religion has been passed down through
“Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits.”
— Andrew Greeley
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It was during my time at secondary
“It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.”
— Paul Nurse
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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