Religious Sayings

279 sayings found from 279 authors

I am not a believer in God. I am an atheist.

— Ayn Rand 1959
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The greatest good is the knowledge of God. The greatest evil is the ignorance of God.

— Maimonides c. 1190
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For in good faith, I never had mind to meddle in any such matters, but to serve God and the King.

— Thomas More 1534
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Men despise religion; they hate it, and fear to be in it.

— Blaise Pascal 1669 (posthumous)
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The representation of Islam in the West is often distorted, biased, and inaccurate.

— Edward Said 1981
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The name of God is always already a sign.

— Jacques Derrida 1967
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Religion can play a positive role in the public sphere by providing moral resources.

— Jurgen Habermas 2005
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To be a Christian is to be a follower of the historical Jesus, who was a revolutionary Jew.

— Cornel West 1993
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Dataism is the new religion.

— Yuval Noah Harari 2016
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Never engage in a discussion with a bureaucrat. You will lose your soul.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2017
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The love of God is the only pure motive.

— Simone Weil 1951 (posthumous)
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Let us drink wine, for it is the life of eternity, and the joy of youth, and the companion of old age, and the soul of pleasure.

— Omar Khayyam c. 11th-12th Century
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The devotee is a cow, and the Guru is a herdsman; the milk is the nectar of devotion, and the churner is the contemplation of God.

— Kabir c. 15th Century
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I am an atheist, and I am not afraid to say it.

— Mark Twain Early 20th century
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The soul is immortal and undergoes transmigration.

— Pythagoras c. 500 BCE
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The greatest strength of the soul is the power to endure.

— Franz Kafka Unknown
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I have not lost my faith. I have lost my church.

— James Joyce Unknown
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Churches, as we know them, are a sort of spiritual brothel where you pay to have your feelings titillated.

— Aldous Huxley Uncertain
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God suffers in the multitude of souls whom the scriptures cannot reach.

— Johannes Gutenberg 1440s
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I'm not a fan of God. I'm a fan of faith.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald Uncertain
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