Quotes about Religion
When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you can't love only some of his children.
Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn`t belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone.
Creation is not an act but a process; it did not happen five or six thousand years ago but is going on before our eyes. Man is not compelled to be a mere spectator; he may become an assistant, a collaborator, a partner in the process of creation.
Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.
Faith is a great thing, and really religious people would like us to believe that faith and knowing are the same thing, but I don`t believe that myself. Because there are too many different ideas on the subject.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to my church as a human being.
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.
How happy is the blameless Vestal`s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray`r accepted, and each wish resign`d.
Faith is all very well, until the real world comes along and snatches away everything that you hold dear. Then suddenly everything is thrown into sharp focus.