#religion

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. ↗

— George Santayana

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Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action. ↗

— Robert Shea

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To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse. ↗

— Robert Shea

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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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With religion I was always like, 'Does it matter if it's true if it makes you happy?' ↗

— Matt Stone

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The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard. ↗

— Julius Streicher

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I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts. ↗

— John Templeton

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Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. ↗

— Felix Adler

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Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves. ↗

— Paul Tournier

#endeavor #let us #live #others #ourselves

It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally. ↗

— Louis Finkelstein

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