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~ Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consumer blame himself for product failure ~ ~ Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good. ~ ~ We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. ~ ~ The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their
bosoms. ~ ~ When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. ~ ~ Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. ~ ~ Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men...the master of superstition is the people; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reverse order ~ ~ Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion ~ ~ Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste ~ ~ Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste ~ ~ Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion. ~ ~ Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion. ~ ~ There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed Arminians, in the doctrine of justification: and the other, are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevations; who often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and talk much of free grace; but at the same time make a righteousness of their discoveries and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them ~ ~ If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be for the world; but if all religion and morality should be overthrown with it, what advantages will be gained? The doctrine of human equality is founded entire ~ ~ Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The hypocrite would not be at so much pains to put on the appearance of virtue, if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind. ~ ~ Whoever is a hypocrite in his religion mocks God, presenting to Him the outside and reserving the inward for his enemy. ~ ~ Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there. ~ ~ Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion ~ ~ Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution ~ ~ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness ~ ~ Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned ~ ~ I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion ~ ~ Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel ~ ~ Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion. ~ ~ A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. ~ ~ Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men...the master of superstition is the people; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reverse order ~ ~ Being unable to reason is not a positive character trait outside religion ~ ~ We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. ~ ~ If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe. ~ ~ Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. ~ |
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