Quotes about Belief
The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands and thousands of martyrs.
— Thomas Jefferson
Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
— Carl Sagan
In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it's most sacred teachings - preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.
— Hillary Clinton
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.
— Julian Casablancas
Religion: 'My identity is built on being a good person.' Gospel: 'My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ's.'
— Timothy Keller
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Truly Jesus is the great need of our souls.
— Hudson Taylor
The facts may tell you one thing. But, God is not limited by the facts. Choose faith in spite of the facts.
— Joel Osteen
Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you.
— Timothy Keller
Religion is the most fragile of all freedoms. And that's because it is the most threatening to those in power.
— Eric Metaxas
The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.
— James Buchanan