#eli

I looked at all the caged animals. . . . . . . the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry. "God," I said, "this is terrible! Why don't you do something?" God was silent for a moment and then He spoke softly. "I have done something. . . I created you. ↗

— Jim Willis

#god #help #love #religion #love

In silence alone does a man's truth bind itself together and strike root. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#man #religion #silence #spirituality #truth

The most dangerous aspect of religion is its tendency to glorify the absurd and justify the abhorrent. ↗

— Stifyn Emrys

#philosophy #religion #religion

If you meet the Buddha, kill him. ↗

— Línjì Yìxuán

#religion #religion

Sta mi mogu moji neprijatelji. Moj dzennet je u mojim prsima, prati me svugdje. Ako me zatvore, to mi je osama sa Allahom. Ako me ubiju, to mi je sehadet. A ako me protjeraju, to mi je turizam na Allahovom putu". ↗

— Ibn Taymiyyah

#islam #religion #religion

Yes. There is one God, and he lives in the sky, and he hears all of us. It is just that here on earth, we are confused about how to believe in him. But what does it matter, as long as we trust he is there? ↗

— Kristin Harmel

#god #religion #religion

Never f*!k with the ineffable. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humor #religion #religion

There really is no devil. There is only God. Everything that makes up the universe is God. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#spirituality #religion

Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#christianity #religion #religion

I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out. I do not believe that, on the balance, religious belief has been a force for good. Although I am prepared to admit that in certain times and places it has had some good effects, I regard it as belonging to the infancy of human reason, and to a stage of development which we are now outgrowing. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#rationality #religion #religion