Quotes for Religion

Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.

Camille Paglia

I was never pushed into the religion by my mother or anyone else. I made up my own mind when I was old enough. I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual.

Janet Jackson

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Francis Bacon

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

Lucille Ball

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

Charles Barkley

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Henry Ward Beecher

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.

Malala Yousafzai

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

Abraham Lincoln

I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.

Will Smith

So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Jesus Christ

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Thomas Paine

If you don't like the word 'religion,' you can replace it with 'ideology' - it's largely the same thing. At the heart of both religion and ideology is the question of authority and where authority is coming from.

Yuval Noah Harari

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

Alexander Hamilton

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Most religious people in America fully embrace science. So the argument that religion has some issue with science applies to a small fraction of those who declare that they are religious. They just happen to be a very vocal fraction, so you got the impression that there are more of them than there actually is.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.

Orson Welles

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

Theodore Roosevelt

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Frederick Douglass

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

Woodrow Wilson

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke