religion

"But by God, there are exceptions. But Bob, generally speaking, you can't trust the bastards. They turn on us."

"The sins of others can never become the measure of your own."

"The ceremony of lifting up our hands in prayer is designed to remind us that we are far removed from God, unless our thoughts rise upward."

"As God carries on the work of converting the souls of fallen men through all ages, so He goes on to justify them, to blot out all their sins, and to accept them as righteous in His sight through the r…"

"We have courts overturning the will of the people in state after state on issues like gay marriage and if you are — God forbid — for traditional marriage and refuse to bake the cake, you are chastised…"

"In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden."

"That friggin’ outfit...they prostituted every goddamn thing I had. I had the greatest gravy in the world and those sons of bitches they dragged it out and extended it and wa­tered it down that I'm so …"

"Most kings and priests have been despotic, and all religions have been riddled with superstition."

"In India, a country of a billion inhabitants, where film and pop music are one, A.R. Rahman, 43, dominates the music industry so totally that he has supplied the sound track for a whole generation. He…"

"When the Lord's Prayer is prayed with insight it becomes a petition for the abolition of capitalism and the supplanting of the existing economic order with a society which is consistent with the relig…"

"I have tried to show how religion, the backbone of civilisation, hardens into a Church that is unacceptable to Outsiders, and the Outsiders — the men who strive to become visionaries — become the Rebe…"

"The saving of anyone is something which is not in the power of man, but only of God. No one can be saved — in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved — in virtue of what God can do. The divine…"

"May Ahuramazda bear me aid, with the gods of the royal house; and may Ahuramazda protect this country from a army, from famine, from the Lie!"

"To believe blindly is to degenerate the human soul. Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly."

"Sick in my soul I tried to face the ordeal of seeking forgiveness. From whom? What God, what Christ? They were myths I once believed, and now they were beliefs I felt were myths."

"I’m not involved in the slightest. I say “godspeed.” I am not involved. Nobody’s mentioned it in any way to me whatsoever. I’ll be very curious to see it."

"God made the integers, all the rest is the work of man."

"To acclaim that the Bible contains the Word of God is not to say that all its words are the words of God."

"The Soul is not composed of any materials. It is unity indivisible. Therefore it must be indestructible."

"Sweeney Todd: I will have vengeance, I will have salvation!"