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Quotes about religion reflect humanity’s enduring search for meaning, purpose, and the sacred. They express faith, doubt, devotion, and reflection across cultures and traditions. The following collection offers perspectives that invite contemplation on belief and the role it plays in human life.   ◀ Back
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What I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death.
- Frida Kahlo
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If I were to believe in God enough to call him a murderer, then I might also believe enough that he, as a spirit, exists beyond death; and therefore only he could do it righteously. For the physical being kills a man and hatefully sends him away, whereas God, the spiritual being, kills a man and lovingly draws him nigh.
- Criss Jami
Healology
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Life is the only thing which can never be replaced when lost.
- Lailah Gifty Akita
Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
- Ravi Zacharias
Has Christianity Failed You?
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I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims, all of them aimed at the exertion of power over other humans in the real and material world.
- Christopher Hitchens
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
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Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.
- Jalal Ad-Din Rumi
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.
- Emmett F. Fields
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Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.
- Dan Brown
Angels & Demons
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Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?
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I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.
- Johnny Cash
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We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.
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I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
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Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
- Barry Goldwater
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Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal is in-eradicably superstitious, and there is every biological reason why they should be.
Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else...
- H.P. Lovecraft
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.
- Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
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People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.
- Umberto Eco
The Prague Cemetery
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The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
- John Adams
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I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway.
- Nicholas Sparks
Three Weeks with My Brother
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Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
- Sam Harris
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
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What I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death.
- Frida Kahlo
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If I were to believe in God enough to call him a murderer, then I might also believe enough that he, as a spirit, exists beyond death; and therefore only he could do it righteously. For the physical being kills a man and hatefully sends him away, whereas God, the spiritual being, kills a man and lovingly draws him nigh.
- Criss Jami
Healology
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Life is the only thing which can never be replaced when lost.
- Lailah Gifty Akita
Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
- Ravi Zacharias
Has Christianity Failed You?
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I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims, all of them aimed at the exertion of power over other humans in the real and material world.
- Christopher Hitchens
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.
- Jalal Ad-Din Rumi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.
- Emmett F. Fields
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Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.
- Dan Brown
Angels & Demons
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Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.
- Johnny Cash
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
- Barry Goldwater
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal is in-eradicably superstitious, and there is every biological reason why they should be.
Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else...
- H.P. Lovecraft
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.
- Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.
- Umberto Eco
The Prague Cemetery
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The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
- John Adams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway.
- Nicholas Sparks
Three Weeks with My Brother
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Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
- Sam Harris
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death.
- Frida Kahlo
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If I were to believe in God enough to call him a murderer, then I might also believe enough that he, as a spirit, exists beyond death; and therefore only he could do it righteously. For the physical being kills a man and hatefully sends him away, whereas God, the spiritual being, kills a man and lovingly draws him nigh.
- Criss Jami
Healology
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is the only thing which can never be replaced when lost.
- Lailah Gifty Akita
Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
- Ravi Zacharias
Has Christianity Failed You?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims, all of them aimed at the exertion of power over other humans in the real and material world.
- Christopher Hitchens
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.
- Jalal Ad-Din Rumi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.
- Emmett F. Fields
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.
- Dan Brown
Angels & Demons
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.
- Johnny Cash
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
- Barry Goldwater
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal is in-eradicably superstitious, and there is every biological reason why they should be.
Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else...
- H.P. Lovecraft
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.
- Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.
- Umberto Eco
The Prague Cemetery
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
- John Adams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway.
- Nicholas Sparks
Three Weeks with My Brother
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
- Sam Harris
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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