#r

He said, first let's just unzip your religion down. ↗

— Tori Amos

#religion

Man created God in his image: intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent. ↗

— Marie de France

#religion

The more man realises his humanity, the lonelier he feels. ↗

— Ali Shariati

#human #life #love #religion #life

If I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned, why in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate land and trees? ↗

— Stephen Crane

#meaning #purpose #religion #spiritual #religion

Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#religion

In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#helplessness #loss #religion #religion

Whoever treads a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make easy for him the path to Paradise." (reported by Ibn Majah and others, fulfilling the conditions of Imam al Bukhari and Imam Muslim) ↗

— Prophet Muhammad S.A.W

#knowledge #paradise #religion #religion

And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his? ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#noah #religion #religion

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#death

Emily: Do any human beings ever realise life while they live it?--every, every minute? Stage Manager: No. The saints and poets, maybe--they do some. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#life #our-town #play #death