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Religion
Religious Quotes
"Every dogma has its day." ~ Anthony Burgess
"Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." ~ Steven Weinberg
"I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is." ~ Charles Lamb
"An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support."~ Fulton J. Sheen
"I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark." ~ Dick Gregory
"It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty." ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned" ~ William Congreve, 'The Mourning Bride', 1697
"I don't like to commit myself about Heaven and Hell - you see, I have friends in both places." ~ Mark Twain
"The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will." ~ Jawaharlal Nehru
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall." ~ Proverbs 16:33
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned" ~ William Congreve, 'The Mourning Bride', 1697
"If you're going through hell, keep going." ~ Sir Winston Churchill (1874 -1965)
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be." ~ Anne Frank
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." ~ Susan B. Anthony (1820-1902)
"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." ~ Sir Winston Churchill
"If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him." ~ Voltaire, in Epître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs
"The only people who are never converted to spiritualism are conjurers" ~ George Orwell, writer
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Contributions to Quotations:
David Shein [06], Clark Moran, Geoffrey K. Braden [05]