1,039 Quotes Regarding Religion


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.
Dalai Lama

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mahatma Gandhi

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
C. S. Lewis

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples my philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Buddha

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
Swami Vivekananda

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Helen Keller

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
Khalil Gibran

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Albert Einstein

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
Theodore Roosevelt

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Socrates

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Mahatma Gandhi

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoleon Bonaparte

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Desmond Tutu

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
Muhammad Ali

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
Helen Keller

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
Francis of Assisi