Quotes about religion
498 quotes from 232 people
J. D. Salinger1919–2010Zooey (1957)It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
Simone Weil1909–1943Gravity and Grace (1947), p. 159 (1972 edition)No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
William Penn1644–1718No Cross, No Crown (1682)I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.
Montesquieu1689–1755Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters, 1721), No. 29. (Rica writing to Ibben)Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Book II, Ch. 12. Apology for Raimond SebondI regard [religion] as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization? (1930)- Bertrand Russell1872–1970The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism (1920), Part I, The Present Condition of Russia, Ch. 1: What Is Hoped From Bolshevism
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 78.
W. H. Auden1907–1973A Certain World: A Commonplace Book (1970), “Friday, Good”It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.
Ovid43 BC–AD 17Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Book I, line 637
Albert Einstein1879–1955Viereck interview (1929)
Sam Harrisborn 1967The End of Faith (2004)
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), Bk. I, ch. 10.- W. H. Auden1907–1973Forewords and Afterwords (1973), “Concerning the Unpredictable”
