#religion

The public highways, which had been constructed for the use of the legions, opened an easy passage for the Christians missionaries from Damascus to Corinth, and from Italy to the extremity of Spain or Britain; nor did those spiritual conquerors encounter any of the obstacles which usually retard or prevent the introduction of a foreign religion into a distant country. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#religion

As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions. ↗

— Hans Kung

#fact #matter #religions #truth #you

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. ↗

— Hans Kung

#including #misused #often #purely #religion

However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights. ↗

— Hans Kung

#declaration #essence #ethic #however #human

That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity. ↗

— Hans Kung

#being #color #dignity #distinction #every

We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth. ↗

— Hans Kung

#conscious #earth #economic #political #problems

While many ethnic and religious groups are mainly focused on the afterlife and downplaying this world, Jews view wealth and success as a blessing and gift from God. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#downplaying-this-world #jewish-wealth #money #religion #wealth

I have always felt that a man's religion was his personal and private affair. ↗

— Leverett Saltonstall

#always #felt #his #i #man

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind. ↗

— Juan Antonio Samaranch

#benefit #bringing #convictions #ideal #irrespective

It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#any #athlete #athletes #believe #bit