#religion

I don't know and probably never will know enough about the true nature of the universe to tell anyone else what to believe, and I've come to distrust the words of those who have presumed to do so. ↗

— Pete Hautman

#nature

Misstraue jedem Politiker, jedem Regierungs- oder Staatschef, der seine Religion zum Instrument macht. Halte Abstand von solchen Politikern, die ihre auf das Jenseits orientierte Religion und ihre diesseitige Politik miteinander vermischen. ↗

— Helmut Schmidt

#fundamentalism #politics #religion #secularism #religion

Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within. ↗

— Dawson Trotman

#discipline #religion #religion

Concerning that which cannot be talked about, we should not say anything. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#religion

To regret religion is to regret Western civilization. ↗

— Theodore Dalrymple

#politics #religion #religion

Don’t water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every church you try to join. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#beliefs #expectations #judgement #religion #selfrighteousness

My religion is no way of knowing me. ↗

— Jeet Thayil

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...religion either produces the very best people or the very worst. ↗

— Richard Rohr

#spirituality #religion

Justice and injustice indeed begins and ends with the self. ↗

— Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

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At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well. ↗