Religion Quotes

"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion" "War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it" "God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars" "To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing" "The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid" "The promises of God are sure; but they are not to be made use of by us, apart from the way" "In our relationship with God, we cannot earn His love; we are to respond to it" "We must allow the Word of God to confront us" "Religion is like a knife: you can use it to cut bread, or you can use it to stab somebody in the back." "Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years." "When your will is God's will, you will have your will." "Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last." "He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion." "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful " "Religion is like a pair of shoes... Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes."