religion Quotes (15)

“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother.”

“There can be no truce between science and religion.”

“God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.”

“A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian.”

“This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies and for saving souls.”

“Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.”

“If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is – holy war.”

“The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.”

“The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.”

“Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion – it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals.”

“Commerce unites; religion divides.”

“Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.”

“The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.”

“Faith is never identical with piety.”

“How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.”