#religion

I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#gratitude #humanity #inspirational #life #religion

The circumstances of our lives are pieces of a larger scheme in the puzzle of life, and in His Perfect Wisdom, the pieces fit. ↗

— Renae Jones

#cancer #circumstances #death #dying #faith

All religions have been made by men. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#made #men #religions

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#how #i #knew #love #never

Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#christianity #faith #religion #war #faith

Your religion is not what you do on Sunday. It is how you live Monday through Saturday. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#christians #church #commandments #faith #inspirational

People believe in God because they don't have any other explanation for things that happen. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#god #religion #faith

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#better #dead #discover #had #know

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#atheism #bible #religion #religion

Quit questioning God and start trusting Him! ↗

— Joel Osteen

#god #religion #religious #trust #religion