religion

"Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to…"

"There is little doubt about Amir Khasrau’s achievements in music and poetry. But when it came to the fallen infidels and their religion, his bigoted Islamic zeal was very much evident. In describing M…"

"Holy books are an insult to a God with good intentions."

"Even as God is common to all, the sun shines upon all trees"

"When the voice of a prophet out of the deeps of antiquity merely echoes to him a sentiment of his infancy, a prayer of his youth, he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition an…"

"Waiting for the implosion is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot."

"And what is a week? Poof— and like that a week is gone by. Poof— there is a good week, and poof -- there it is gone. But a week doesn't go by, and doesn't go by, when you are waiting for a little blac…"

"I’d say I was doing a great job submitting to God by submitting to my desires. Who do you think gave me desire in the first place?"

"It is better to go skiing and think of God, than to go to church and think of sport."

"Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence."

"I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can…"

"I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, '84-'85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that."

"If I have to choose between an omnipotent God who leaves the world in this condition, and a God who has only a little bit of power but really cares and tries to make things better, I'll take you every…"

"The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things."

"IF THE ZOO BANS ME FOR HOLLERING AT THE ANIMALS I WILL FACE GOD AND WALK BACKWARDS INTO HELL"

"Coming from a scholarly family with complete spiritual background, he was a strict vegetarian, fully drenched in the Indian culture."

"The more I learned about the history of religion, the more my earlier misgivings appeared justified. The doctrines that I had accepted without question as a child were indeed man-made, constructed ove…"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. Far from being rivals or enemies religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistance. Indeed,…"

"You’re weak! Your god's weak!"

"Everyone can see how communism rots the soul of a nation. How it makes it abject in peace and proves it abominable in war."