Philosophy Of Religion Quotes

There should be a harmonious blend of religion, philosophy and art for man to live healthily in the world.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

Believe nothing,
No matter where you read it,
Or who has said it,
Not even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.

In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal god.

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

God made so many different kinds of people; why would God allow only one way to worship?

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion – they’re two words which are both … different. In spelling.