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  • Umberto Eco Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Patrick Henry Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.
    Patrick Henry
    American attorney, planter, and orator (1736 - 1799)
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  • Harriet Martineau Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.
    Harriet Martineau
    British writer, social criticus (1802 - 1876)
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  • George Gurdjieff Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ''lives'' his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Douglas Jerrold Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • Alan Watts Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Elie Wiesel Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Ludwig Feuerbach Religion is the dream of the human mind. But even in dreams we do not find ourselves in emptiness or in heaven, but on earth, in the realm of reality; we only see real things in the entrancing splendor of imagination and caprice, instead of in the simple daylight of reality and necessity.
    Ludwig Feuerbach
    German philosopher (1804 - 1872)
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  • Frederick the Great Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
    Frederick the Great
    King of Prussia (1740-1786) (1712 - 1786)
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  • Richard Dawkins Religion teaches the dangerous nonsense that death is not the end.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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  • Douglas Jerrold Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • Gertrude Stein Remarks are not literature.
    Gertrude Stein
    American author (1874 - 1946)
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  • Zig Ziglar Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Bishop Joseph Henshaw Remember that God will not be mocked; that it is the heart of the worshiper which He regards. We are never safe till we love Him with our whole heart whom we pretend to worship.
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  • Roy Goodman Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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  • Abraham Cahan Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
    Abraham Cahan
    Belarusian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician
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  • Bo Bennett Remember that it is not where you come from, or not even where you are; it is where you are going that matters most.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Ben Bernanke Remember that physical beauty is evolution's way of assuring us that the other person doesn't have too many intestinal parasites.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Brad Meltzer Remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget that prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.
    Brad Meltzer
    American political thriller novelist and non-fiction writer (1970 - )
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  • Peggy Noonan Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.
    Peggy Noonan
    American Author, Presidential Speechwriter (1950 - )
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