One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
-Thomas Paine
"The Age Of Reason"
Quotations
Religion
All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
-Epictetus
To die for religion is easier than to live it absolutely.
-Jorge Luis Borges
Other than our 'mind', what is it that we have, which we can call our own?
Everything else is gifted by nature and made usable by science. At the same
time, if you talk of joy of mind, it lies in "art". But then it is difficult to understand
that in this process, where do we feel the need for these 'so-called religions'?
-Deep Trivedi
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
-Khalil Gibran
What is religion?
It is compassion for all things which have life.
-Hitopadesa "Hitopadesa"
Only that, which influences everyone everywhere equally is the blessing of God
like sun, moon, air, water and human life. How could having different scriptures
and diverse beliefs for various religions ever be termed as being religious?
-Deep Trivedi
Religion in fact is not knowledge, but a faith and aspiration.
-Sri Aurobindo
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
-Issac Asimov
