Explore Quotes on Religion

I have family and friends who are religious, they don't wear it on their sleeves as part of their souls, but I see the beauty of what that religion does for them.

My religion would be a gentle faith that believed in the sacredness of leisure. Napping as a form of prayer.

I think religion is a gateway for spiritual awakening.

Secularism and pluralism are two of the defining ethos of Western societies. The former decouples religion from governmental institutions whilst the latter seeks to protect the rights of all citizens to freely practice their creed.

Freedom of religion does not entitle your religion to have a privileged position within the public sphere.

The contents of an ideology are not sacrosanct simply because they are couched in the cloak of a religion.

I don't disrespect anybody who espouses a particular religion or belief - that is their own right to do that. But I think it's terribly important to look beyond the comfort that religion gives.

I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble.

Culturally Jewish, I was - and am - proud of my heritage, but don't practice religion.

The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.

We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam.

Understanding the need for religion is a far superior goal to bashing it.

There are many reasons for kindness, and religion is just one of them.

The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms... The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.

Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium.

St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion - others pray in church. It's a banality, but you don't possess art, it possesses you. It's like falling in love.

What we need in Europe is to push back against the idea that religion is so farfetched that it's not worth talking about.

Christianity is a religion of continuity and discontinuity as well. It's about what stays the same and what changes in the twinkling of an eye. Both are necessary truths, but sometimes it's important to accentuate the discontinuity, the sudden leap, the way you go up a tree, Zacchaeus, and come down a saint.