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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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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
- Patrick Henry
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He who thinks we are to pitch our tent here, and have attained the utmost prospect of reformation that the mortal glass wherein we contemplate can show us, till we come to beatific vision, that man by this very opinion declares that he is yet far short of truth.
- John Milton
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People are not being reached in the context of the body of Christ--they're like newborn babies being left on a doorstep somewhere to feed and care for themselves.
- Peter E. Gillquist
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
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She was right to be angry. He did violate every condition she placed on the resolution of the case. He never thought she was serious. But she was, and his blunder was going to cost him the case of a lifetime. I can do this her way! If she wants the case to be public, then public it shall be! If she wants to turn down $1.1 million, I'll get her $2 million—whatever she wants! I have to convince her!
- Mark M. Bello
Betrayal of Faith
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The encyclopedias are empty. There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.
- Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys
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There might be more to the universe than any one religion could explain.
- Alan Brennert
Daughter of Moloka'i
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Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord.
- Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah
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If there's one thing I can't abide it's fanatics of any kind, and religious ones are the worst of all.
- Michael Morpurgo
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
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Mrs Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her clenliness more umcomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
- Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
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Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.
- Andy Rooney
Sincerely, Andy Rooney
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A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.
- Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage
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Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe it, because human beings need to make order out of chaos.
- Anne Frasier
Hush
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I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.
- Ellis Peters
The Leper of Saint Giles
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There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.
- J.I. Packer
Knowing God
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Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.
- Stephen King
Desperation
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I can't be a priest because although my heart is as loud as hers I can pretend no answering riot. I have shouted to God and the Virgin, but they have not shouted back and I'm not interested in the still small voice. Surely a god can meet passion with passion? She says he can. Then he should.
- Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
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Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights
- St. Ephraim the Syrian
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I take leave to contradict those who say that salvation is an evolution! All that ever can be evolved out of the sinful heart of man is sin-and nothing else! Salvation is the free gift of God, by Jesus Christ, and the work of it is supernatural. It is done by the Lord Himself, and He has power to do it, however weak, no, however dead in sin, the sinner may be!
- C.H. Spurgeon
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...the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor?...You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God.
- Harry Blamires
Highway to Heaven
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When in Reading Gaol he told me that the warders in the dock had been gentle and kind, but the visit of the chaplain in his first prison began with these words:

'Mr. Wilde, did you have morning prayers in your house?'

'I am sorry... I fear not.'

'You see where you are now!
- Charles Ricketts
Recollections of Oscar Wilde
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This principle of nature being very remote from the conceptions of Philosophers, I forbore to describe it in that book, least I should be accounted an extravagant freak and so prejudice my Readers against all those things which were the main designe of the book.
- Isaac Newton
Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730
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To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
- Samuel Johnson
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Haven’t you noticed that men struggle every day to correct the defects of my work? What is a plane or a diving suit but an emendation to my work? Even those who worship me spend their lives disagreeing with me and trying to improve on what I made. When they implore me for help with their misfortunes, deep down, are they not in fact censuring me, because what is a prayer but a rebellion that cannot be expressed?’ He smiled vaguely and added: ‘The only reason they don’t curse me is because they still believe I’m stronger than they are
- Jose Maria Ferreira Borges de Castro
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The unbeliever has always such a very clear idea as to what Belief ought to be, I wish I had half his certainty.
- E.M. Forster
Maurice
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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
- Patrick Henry
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He who thinks we are to pitch our tent here, and have attained the utmost prospect of reformation that the mortal glass wherein we contemplate can show us, till we come to beatific vision, that man by this very opinion declares that he is yet far short of truth.
- John Milton
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People are not being reached in the context of the body of Christ--they're like newborn babies being left on a doorstep somewhere to feed and care for themselves.
- Peter E. Gillquist
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
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She was right to be angry. He did violate every condition she placed on the resolution of the case. He never thought she was serious. But she was, and his blunder was going to cost him the case of a lifetime. I can do this her way! If she wants the case to be public, then public it shall be! If she wants to turn down $1.1 million, I'll get her $2 million—whatever she wants! I have to convince her!
- Mark M. Bello
Betrayal of Faith
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The encyclopedias are empty. There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.
- Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys
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There might be more to the universe than any one religion could explain.
- Alan Brennert
Daughter of Moloka'i
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Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord.
- Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah
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If there's one thing I can't abide it's fanatics of any kind, and religious ones are the worst of all.
- Michael Morpurgo
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
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Mrs Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her clenliness more umcomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
- Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
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Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.
- Andy Rooney
Sincerely, Andy Rooney
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A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.
- Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage
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Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe it, because human beings need to make order out of chaos.
- Anne Frasier
Hush
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I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.
- Ellis Peters
The Leper of Saint Giles
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There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.
- J.I. Packer
Knowing God
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Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.
- Stephen King
Desperation
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I can't be a priest because although my heart is as loud as hers I can pretend no answering riot. I have shouted to God and the Virgin, but they have not shouted back and I'm not interested in the still small voice. Surely a god can meet passion with passion? She says he can. Then he should.
- Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
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Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights
- St. Ephraim the Syrian
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I take leave to contradict those who say that salvation is an evolution! All that ever can be evolved out of the sinful heart of man is sin-and nothing else! Salvation is the free gift of God, by Jesus Christ, and the work of it is supernatural. It is done by the Lord Himself, and He has power to do it, however weak, no, however dead in sin, the sinner may be!
- C.H. Spurgeon
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...the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor?...You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God.
- Harry Blamires
Highway to Heaven
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When in Reading Gaol he told me that the warders in the dock had been gentle and kind, but the visit of the chaplain in his first prison began with these words:

'Mr. Wilde, did you have morning prayers in your house?'

'I am sorry... I fear not.'

'You see where you are now!
- Charles Ricketts
Recollections of Oscar Wilde
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This principle of nature being very remote from the conceptions of Philosophers, I forbore to describe it in that book, least I should be accounted an extravagant freak and so prejudice my Readers against all those things which were the main designe of the book.
- Isaac Newton
Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730
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To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
- Samuel Johnson
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Haven’t you noticed that men struggle every day to correct the defects of my work? What is a plane or a diving suit but an emendation to my work? Even those who worship me spend their lives disagreeing with me and trying to improve on what I made. When they implore me for help with their misfortunes, deep down, are they not in fact censuring me, because what is a prayer but a rebellion that cannot be expressed?’ He smiled vaguely and added: ‘The only reason they don’t curse me is because they still believe I’m stronger than they are
- Jose Maria Ferreira Borges de Castro
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The unbeliever has always such a very clear idea as to what Belief ought to be, I wish I had half his certainty.
- E.M. Forster
Maurice
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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.
- Patrick Henry
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He who thinks we are to pitch our tent here, and have attained the utmost prospect of reformation that the mortal glass wherein we contemplate can show us, till we come to beatific vision, that man by this very opinion declares that he is yet far short of truth.
- John Milton
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People are not being reached in the context of the body of Christ--they're like newborn babies being left on a doorstep somewhere to feed and care for themselves.
- Peter E. Gillquist
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She was right to be angry. He did violate every condition she placed on the resolution of the case. He never thought she was serious. But she was, and his blunder was going to cost him the case of a lifetime. I can do this her way! If she wants the case to be public, then public it shall be! If she wants to turn down $1.1 million, I'll get her $2 million—whatever she wants! I have to convince her!
- Mark M. Bello
Betrayal of Faith
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The encyclopedias are empty. There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.
- Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys
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There might be more to the universe than any one religion could explain.
- Alan Brennert
Daughter of Moloka'i
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord.
- Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah
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If there's one thing I can't abide it's fanatics of any kind, and religious ones are the worst of all.
- Michael Morpurgo
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
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Mrs Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her clenliness more umcomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
- Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
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Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.
- Andy Rooney
Sincerely, Andy Rooney
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A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.
- Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage
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Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe it, because human beings need to make order out of chaos.
- Anne Frasier
Hush
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I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.
- Ellis Peters
The Leper of Saint Giles
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.
- J.I. Packer
Knowing God
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.
- Stephen King
Desperation
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I can't be a priest because although my heart is as loud as hers I can pretend no answering riot. I have shouted to God and the Virgin, but they have not shouted back and I'm not interested in the still small voice. Surely a god can meet passion with passion? She says he can. Then he should.
- Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
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Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights
- St. Ephraim the Syrian
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I take leave to contradict those who say that salvation is an evolution! All that ever can be evolved out of the sinful heart of man is sin-and nothing else! Salvation is the free gift of God, by Jesus Christ, and the work of it is supernatural. It is done by the Lord Himself, and He has power to do it, however weak, no, however dead in sin, the sinner may be!
- C.H. Spurgeon
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...the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor?...You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God.
- Harry Blamires
Highway to Heaven
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When in Reading Gaol he told me that the warders in the dock had been gentle and kind, but the visit of the chaplain in his first prison began with these words:

'Mr. Wilde, did you have morning prayers in your house?'

'I am sorry... I fear not.'

'You see where you are now!
- Charles Ricketts
Recollections of Oscar Wilde
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
This principle of nature being very remote from the conceptions of Philosophers, I forbore to describe it in that book, least I should be accounted an extravagant freak and so prejudice my Readers against all those things which were the main designe of the book.
- Isaac Newton
Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730
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To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
- Samuel Johnson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Haven’t you noticed that men struggle every day to correct the defects of my work? What is a plane or a diving suit but an emendation to my work? Even those who worship me spend their lives disagreeing with me and trying to improve on what I made. When they implore me for help with their misfortunes, deep down, are they not in fact censuring me, because what is a prayer but a rebellion that cannot be expressed?’ He smiled vaguely and added: ‘The only reason they don’t curse me is because they still believe I’m stronger than they are
- Jose Maria Ferreira Borges de Castro
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The unbeliever has always such a very clear idea as to what Belief ought to be, I wish I had half his certainty.
- E.M. Forster
Maurice
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