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A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

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I used to always worry about money and where it would come from, but now I know that God is the supplier and the giver of good gifts. ↗

— Jean Coleman

#god-love #inspiration #religion #spiritual #inspirational

Nature says the rock is billions of years old, but the book says different, so even though men wrote the book, and God made the rock and God gave us minds that have found ways to tell how old it is, we still choose to believe the Scripture. ↗

— Sheri S. Tepper

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Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle" “Science, Religion & Spirituality” http://amzn.to/dMBLWW ↗

— Sukhraj Dhillon

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No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion. ↗

— George Whitefield

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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

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La science est une nouvelle religion et la désinfection est son eau bénite. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us. ↗

— Timothy Keller

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