Religious Sayings

279 sayings found from 279 authors

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

— Jesus Christ c. 30-33 CE
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Their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing, and blasphemy are taught, should be taken from them.

— Martin Luther 1543
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Make mercy your mosque and devotion your prayer mat.

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century
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This is not laid down on human authority; it is God who speaks and prescribes a perpetual rule for his Church.

— John Calvin 1559
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This church, being 'the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased.'

— Joseph Smith 1831
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Woman was not made in the image of God in the same way man was…

— Saint Augustine c. 401-415 AD
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Enter upon the road to the Holy Sepulcher; wrest that land from the wicked race, and subject it to yourselves.

— Pope Urban II 1095
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I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.

— James Clerk Maxwell 1870s (approximate)
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For a long time I was restless. Now, however, behold how through my effort God is being celebrated in astronomy.

— Johannes Kepler October 3, 1595
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Doctor, you have science, I have faith.

— Dmitri Mendeleev 1907
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You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god.

— Emperor Hirohito Post-1946 (after renouncing divinity)
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The Islamic Street you see is the 'Television Street.' These are the streets of fanaticism.

— Benazir Bhutto 2003
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I will obey the god rather than you, and as long as I draw breath and am able, I shall not cease to practice philosophy.

— Socrates ~399 BC
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terror is the primary principle of religion.

— David Hume 1757
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I do not call myself a Christian.

— Soren Kierkegaard 1854–1855
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Our noble souls are racist.

— Jean-Paul Sartre 1961
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God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.

— Epictetus c. 1st-2nd Century AD
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The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death.

— Homer c. 8th century BCE
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If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul, you haven't experienced poetry.

— Edgar Allan Poe Undated
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God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.

— Walt Whitman Undated
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