#religion

O Allah! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship You for Your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty. -- Ya Allah, jika aku menyembahMu karena takut neraka, bakarlah aku di dalamnya, dan jika aku menyembahMu karena mengharap surga, campakkanlah aku darinya. Tetapi, jika aku menyembahMu demi Engkau semata, Janganlah Engkau enggan memperlihatkan keindahan wajahMu Yang abadi padaku. ↗

— Rābiʻah al-ʻAdawīyah

#beauty

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. ↗

— Richard Burton

#anything #convinced #himself #i #i am

There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#fundamentalist #religion #single #world

No quality imparts apparent strength to its possessors more effectively than faith. From hospital beds to battlefields, it is the iron that strengthens a man to confront his destiny. ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #irreverent-humor

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#atheist #left #new #obligatory #religion

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. ↗

— Emily Carr

#himself #his #itself #may #religion

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#ineffable #inner #inner strength #light #man

I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#associate #beautiful #beautiful thing #because #believe

I have a problem with religion that makes it so, like, 'We are the ones. We are the chosen ones.' ↗

— Cher

#i #like #makes #ones #problem

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are. ↗

— William Barclay

#fails #men #religion #speak