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A cult is a religion with no political power. |
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- Tom Wolfe
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man's minds about to religion. |
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- Francis Bacon
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A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death. |
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- Albert Einstein
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A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. |
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- James Feibleman
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A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. |
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- Jessamyn West
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair. |
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- Abraham Joshua Heschel
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A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and individualism to the point of anarchy, needs all the support that responsible, cultivated homes can furnish. I hope your generation will provide a firmer shelter for civilized standards. |
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- Alan Simpson
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Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. |
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- Gary Zukav
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself, and never mind the rest. |
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- Beatrix Potter
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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. |
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- John Hay
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