#religions

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

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All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right. ↗

— John McLaughlin

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Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those "others". Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism; and now we are supposed to make a state out of that. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#chauvinism #complicated #country #lot #make

As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions. ↗

— Hans Kung

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However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights. ↗

— Hans Kung

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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth. ↗

— Hans Kung

#conscious #earth #economic #political #problems

Religions are the cradles of despotism. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. ↗

— Stendhal

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