Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Give us this day our daily faith, but deliver us, dear God, from belief.
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
