My dad's Jewish and my mum is Christian, so I grew up with no religion. Just whatever religion I wanted. Nikki Reed christiandadgrow Change image and share on social
Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel callchaoscompletely Change image and share on social
Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. Kjell Magne Bondevik easymisusepatriotism Change image and share on social
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo Galilei endowfeelforgo Change image and share on social
I wrestled with my Catholicism for a long time. It took a long time to escape. It began with a sense that it was repressive, stern, judgmental. It was passionate, but it was terrifying. There were individual priests and nuns who were helpful, but the religion was cold. David Rabe begincatholicismcold share on social
There are some Christian people who taste and see and enjoy religion in their own souls, and who get at a deeper knowledge of it than books can ever give them, though they should search all their days. Charles Spurgeon bookchristianday share on social
Although I am a Christian, with what religion has become - a tool for so much of the bad stuff - I just say to people that I'm a person of faith. David Oyelowo badchristianfaith Change image and share on social
I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on. Don Henley ecologyfocusinterest Change image and share on social
You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway. Deepak Chopra divisiveeasternquarrelsome Change image and share on social
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it. Salman Rushdie askbitereligion Change image and share on social