“Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.”
— Henri Bergson
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The Jews are a race and not
“The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard.”
— Julius Streicher
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There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on
“There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.”
— Jeane Kirkpatrick
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Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you
“Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles.”
— Lafcadio Hearn
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No, the religion of Jesus is a
“No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.”
— George Whitefield
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In other words, a person who is
“In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.”
— Alan Watts
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But it is the province of religion,
“But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.”
— Alfred de Vigny
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I hope we will not so characterize
“I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.”
— Barney Frank
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I have been astonished that men could
“I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion – I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more – I could be martyred for my religion – Love is my religion – I could die for that.”
— John Keats
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There is a heroism in crime as
“There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.”
— William Hazlitt
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The essence of America – that which
“The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.”
— Condoleezza Rice
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