God is not a diversion.
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.
