#religion

But what of faith? What of fidelity and loyalty? Complete trust? Faith is not granted by tangible proof. It comes from the heart and the soul. If a person needs proof of god's existence, then the very notion of spirituality is diminished into sensuality and we have reduced what is holy into what is logical.-Drizzt Do'urden ↗

— R.A. Salvatore

#god #religion #faith

Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand. ↗

— Frederick II

#does #everything #idol #mob #religion

Scientology is not a white religion. It is not just for white people. ↗

— Doug E. Fresh

#people #religion #white

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts. ↗

— Hans Kung

#aggression #bloody #conflicts #even #fanaticism

Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#cause #effect #find #goal #man

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve. ↗

— George W. Bush

#achieve #actions #certain #created #discipline

That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt. ↗

— Hall Caine

#carries #circle #corrupt #cry #expression

Most religions do not make men better, only warier. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#make #men #most #only #religions

Where's your church?" "We're standing in it." "But this is a bookstore and it's a Friday." "Yes, but you might also choose to see it as a cathedral of the human spirit-a storehouse consecrated to the full spectrum of human experience. Just about every idea we've ever had is in here somewhere. A place containing great thinking is a sacred space. ↗

— Forrest Church

#book-lover #books #bookstore #faith #hope

I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church. ↗

— Shaun Cassidy

#anything #believer #big #big fan #church