The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender’s inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for everyone else the proper pleasure of ritual.
I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.
-Bill Maher
Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.
-Christopher Paolini
"Brisingr"
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
-Mahatma Gandhi
I’ll wear two swords, a sword of shakti (power) and a sword of bhakti (meditation).
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
-Karl Marx
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.
-Dalai Lama Xiv
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
-Fulton J. Sheen
Why impress false religion on the world? It will be of no service to it. Why run about for the sake of wealth? You cannot escape from death… Think, O think, you thoughtless fool, you shall have in the end to depart alone.
