Quotes about Religion
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.
— Abraham Lincoln
The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.
— Elie Wiesel
Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.
— E Stanley Jones
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness.
— Mark Twain
[Islam] inspires countless individuals to lead lives of honesty, integrity, and morality.
— George W. Bush
Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.
— James H. Cone
I hope to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we don't have public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them.
— Jerry Falwell
If there was anything at all in the Book, anything of hope and peace for His blind and bewildered spawn which He had chosen above all others to offer immortality, THOU SHALT NOT KILL must be it.
— William Faulkner
Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.
— Sojourner Truth
An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
— Anonymous
I stopped and I thought, 'What would Jesus do?' So I didn't exist.
— Bo Burnham