Religious Quotations

Quotations of a divine inspiration? Or possibly simply concerning some aspect of religion.

Showing 145 through 162 of 162 quotations in this category.

"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."

-Nietzsche

"He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us."

-Samuel Butler

"The heart of man is evil and desperately wicked."

-Pat Robertson

"The clergy believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyrrany known to the mind of man."

-Thomas Jefferson

"Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based."

-Ambrose Bierce

"So, let's impeach god! I would like to announce my candidacy for the position of god; among other things, I promise to offer true and unquestionable proof of my existence, as the previous holder of the office of 'god' obviously failed to do."

-Rashind

"Religion...is the opium of the masses."

-Karl Marx

"Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money."

-Leon Lederman

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."

-George Bush, Sr.

"God will forgive me; it is his trade."

-Heinrich Heine

"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last."

-Charlotte Bronte

"I'm still an atheist, thank God."

-Luis Bunuel

"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."

-Woody Allen

"It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished."

-Albert Einstein

"The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven."

-Mark Twain

"The Satanist does not weakly and humbly 'pray', he does not beg to Satan, nor does he perform any knee-bending exercises or blood sacrifices before him. He recognises the god within and works to actualize it. His ceremonies and rituals are Satanic affirmations to evoke the bowers of his own being, and draw upon energies which are only now being recognised by the mundane science."

-Faustus Scorpius

"When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday- cash me out."

-Frank Sinatra

"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

-Albert Schweitzer