The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

I read the book of Job last night, I don’t think God comes out well in it.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.

Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.

The reason why I wear gold – I wear gold for three reasons. One, when Jesus was born, three wise men came from the east: one brought frankincense, one brought myrrh, the other one brought gold. The second reason I wear gold is I can afford it. The third reason I wear it, it’s symbolic of my African heritage.

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.

All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

I believe Karl Marx could have subscribed to the Sermon on the Mount.

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

We teach that God’s love for His children is infinite.

The point – the power to hurt – of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.

The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

There is no scriptural basis for segregation.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God’s word to justify bigotry and persecution.

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, ‚Hey, I did my religious duty.‘ That’s fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you’re talking to God. Even if it’s in your thoughts.

I can’t prove it scientifically, that there’s a God, but I believe.

The violence in the Bible is appalling.

Is man one of God’s blunders? Or is God one of man’s blunders?

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations.

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.

God doesn’t dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

When I was researching my book ‚The 33 Strategies of War‘, I studied Napoleon extensively and I found myself wanting to ask Napoleon questions about things he did, and if was I interpreting his actions correctly.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone’s sexual preferences are or if they’re black, brown or purple.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

The U.S. increasingly has taken on the characteristics of what we describe as ‚failed states.‘

As abhorrent as some of this content can be, I do think that it gets down to this principle of giving people a voice.

I think the materialist conception of history is valid.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.

We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don’t say that disrespectfully, but they’ve been shown a God that you can’t measure up to.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

I’m not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose… it’ll be much harder to detect.

Allah’s the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?

When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don’t find any conflict among them.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

I think there’s a lot of similarity between what people try to do with religion with what they want from art. In fact, I very specifically think that they are same thing. Not that religion and art are the same, but that they both tap into the same need we have for surrender.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.

Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances.

For ninety per cent of those who view him from outside, the Christian God looks like a great landowner administering his estates, the world. Now this conventional picture, which is too well justified by appearances, corresponds in no way to the dogmatic basis or point of view of the Gospels.