Quotes 161 till 180 of 348.
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Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.
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Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Of all possible sexual perversions, religion is the only one to have ever been scientifically systematized.
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Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.
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Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God.
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One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.
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Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each man's own language - so long as he knows anguish and is a painter.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
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People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.
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People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.
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Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion.
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Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal.
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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.
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President Obama's respect for the Constitution does not extend to freedom of religion - his administration has forced religious businessowners to pay for insurance plans that cover activities in violation of religious precepts.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.
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Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists.
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Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.
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