Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. Benjamin Whichcote esteempoliticianprinciple Change image and share on social
I found it amazing people can think that art must be connected to religion. Religion may give art themes, but there would still be art without religion. Bach is not proof that art exists. Michel Onfray amazeartbach Change image and share on social
I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are they necessarily inseparable? Is man really so much of a philosopher, that he can conceive of truth in its abstract purity, and divest life and the affections of all the aids of the imagination? James Fenimore Cooper abstractaffectionaid share on social
Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality. Gordon Brown beliefbilldesign Change image and share on social
If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. Dennis Prager badlydifferenceevil Change image and share on social
As Americans, we're not sure we share values. We're sometimes even afraid to use the word 'values.' We talk about teaching ethics in schools - people say, 'What ethics? Whose ethics? Maybe we can't.' And they confuse that with teaching of religion. Rudy Giuliani afraidamericanconfuse share on social
When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual. Frank Herbert awareconsciousduty Change image and share on social
Every religion implies that it treats the problem of being and nonbeing, life and death. Their languages are different, but they speak about the same things. Mircea Eliade deathimplylanguage Change image and share on social
President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as Americans. Our rights are not given to us by government, they are endowed by our Creator. Denis McDonough americancentralcreator share on social
I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this little girl pulled between the two. It makes me who I am. It turns me into the kind of person that Freud would have a field day with, for sure. Marina Abramovic childcommunismday share on social