religion

"Oh, yeah, she told me about that. I think mysticism’s a bunch of crap. All religions are a bunch of crap."

"By forcing us to look closely at our requests, prayer purifies us."

"I'm too involved in making plans for my soul."

"In June 2015, Rep. Mike Pompeo, a Kansas congressman, headlined a “God and Country Rally” at Wichita’s Summit Church... Pompeo’s speech was a mishmash of domestic culture war callouts and dark warning…"

"He cut himself off from the Spirit of God. Whether or not we get around to holding a court doesn't matter that much; he has cut himself off from the Spirit of the Lord."

"The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests."

"Oh! for this baptism of fire! when every spoken word for Jesus shall be a thunderbolt, and every prayer shall bring forth a mighty flood."

"If this “sacred” book teaches man to enslave his brother, it is not inspired. A god who would establish slavery is as cruel and heartless as any devil could be."

"George Bush, within a week of this , gave us a speech, attempting to distinguish 'we' from 'they' … and how does he do it?.... He says "Our god" — of course it’s actually the same God — but that's a d…"

"The ministers, who preached at these revivals, were in earnest. They were zealous and sincere. They were not philosophers. To them science was the name of a vague dread—a dangerous enemy. They did not…"

": "We are‑neither Angels nor Prophets but of the indigent ones from the ummah of Muhammad ". They would then be asked: "How then did you achieve this lofty and honourable status?" They would reply: "W…"

"Built God a church, and laugh'd his word to scorn."

"The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God,…"

"Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this …"

"They were not so created by any extra-cosmic Deity, but they are men who have become what they are by means of inward spiritual striving, by spiritual and intellectual yearning, by aspiration to be gr…"

"When the minister leaves the seminary, he is not seeking the truth. He has it. He has a revelation from God, and he has a creed in exact accordance with that revelation. His business is to stand by th…"

"Ours it is to bear the Sabbath in our souls."

"The black people’s struggle has vanquished racism. It was God who created colour. Today Obama, a son of Kenya, a son of Africa, has made it in the United States of America."

"My entire soul is a cry, and all my work the commentary on that cry."

"I want God to come and take me home, 'cause I'm all alone in this crowd."