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Well then," said I, "if God does not forsake me, of what ill consequence can it be, or what matters it, though the world should all forsake me, seeing on the other hand, if I had all the world, and should lose the favour and blessing of God, there would be no comparison in the loss? ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#inspirational

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "My Companions are as stars. Whomsoever of them you follow, you will be rightly guided." When a man looks at a star, and finds his way by it, the star does not speak any word to that man. Yet, by merely looking at the star, the man knows the road from roadlessness and reaches his goal. ↗

— Rumi

#islam #rumi #inspirational

We will take a few moments and make fun of religious people, and we do this in love. No, we do, because we love to make fun of religious people. ↗

— Mark Driscoll

#love #luke #religious #love

...more men and women were slaughtered in a couple of weeks of the terror of the atheistic French Revolution than in a century of the Inquisition. ↗

— Michael Coren

#inquisition #religious-violence #men

The take-home message is that we should blame religion itself, not religious extremism - as though that were some kind of terrible perversion of real, decent religion. Voltaire got it right long ago: 'Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.' So did Bertrand Russell: 'Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#religion #religious-extremism #religion

But I'll tell you a secret. When I want to take God at his word exactly I take a peep out the window at His Creation. Because that, darling, He makes fresh for us every day, without a lot of dubious middle managers. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#religious #inspirational

those who always walk with God Alwats reach their destination...Be in this world,as you are a stranger or a way-farer. ↗

— Anonymous

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If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant. ↗

— Kentetsu Takamori

#inspirational #religious #self-help #inspirational

GIVING IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET BETTER ↗

— NAIRA ABEOKUTE

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I cattolici mi rendono nervoso perché sono sleali. E i protestanti? domandò ridendo, quelli mi fanno star male con quel loro pasticciare intorno alla coscienza. E gli atei? rideva ancora. Quelli mi annoiano perché parlano sempre di Dio. E lei che cos'è, in conclusione? Io sono un clown. ↗

— Heinrich Böll

#inspirational-quotes #religious #inspirational