#religion

There would be no history as we know it, no religion, no metaphysics or aesthetics as we have lived them, without an initial act of trust, of confiding, more fundamental, more axiomatic by far than any “social contract” or covenant with the postulate of the divine. This instauration of trust, this entrance of man into the city of man, is that between word and world. ↗

— George Steiner

#religion

Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#around #been #campfire #down #evil

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#religion #temper

Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#fortune #good #good fortune #man #religions

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#any #better #holiday #holiday season #like

The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#attack #courts #first #first amendment #protect

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#back #bind #god #himself #man

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#comes #composed #everything #founded #great

I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#interested #person #religion #religious #religious person

Religion leaves no room for human complexity. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#human #leaves #religion #room