We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.
-David Mitchell
"The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet"
Quotations
Religion
Those who are ignorant of the supreme purpose of life will never be able to attain nirvana (liberation) in spite of their observance of the vratas (vows) and niyamas (rules) of religious conduct and practice of shila (celibacy) and tapas (penance).
-Scriptures "Samayasara, 153"
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"
Everyone is proud of his caste and religion. Please for once, observe yourself
and the people around you carefully - the pride will disappear by itself. And only
then, embracing the world you will be able to tread the path of progress.
-Deep Trivedi
Religion is something infinitely simple, ingenuous... In the infinite extent of the universe, it is a direction of the heart.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
-Mahatma Gandhi
What is religion?
It is compassion for all things which have life.
-Hitopadesa "Hitopadesa"
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
-Karl Marx
Religion in fact is not knowledge, but a faith and aspiration.
-Sri Aurobindo
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
-Stephen Covey
