Quotes about religion
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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 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)I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
Montesquieu1689–1755Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters, 1721), No. 125. (Usbek writing to Rhedi)- Montesquieu1689–1755Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters, 1721), No. 46. (Usbek writing to Rhedi)
I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.
If a man says to his Muslim brother, ‘O unbeliever!’ it is true about one of them.
MMuhammad571–632Sunni HadithI was raised Catholic. I don’t know if you can tell that from the everything about me.
John Mulaneyborn 1982The Comeback Kid (2015)For those of you who aren’t Catholic, I don’t mean to exclude you, although we love to exclude you.
John Mulaneyborn 1982The Comeback Kid (2015)
Miyamoto Musashi1584–1645DokkodoReligion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
We must constantly remind ourselves that whatever our religion or creed, we are all one people.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964Radio address to the Defence Services (1 December 1947)
Reinhold Niebuhr1892–1971The Mike Wallace Interview (1958)In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900The Antichrist (1895), Aphorism 16
