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Jesters do oft prove prophets
Jesters do oft prove prophets
Religion is the opium of the masses.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais,
a great Perhaps.
His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais,
a great Perhaps.
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example
There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.
There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of read more
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His
declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
