Quotes to inspire and reflect

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.

Religion is just mind control.

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich.

I have ... a terrible need ... shall I say the word? ... of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.

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.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

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

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

Eskimo: Then why did you tell me?

God has no religion.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

You can tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel as though you’ve done a permanent job.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.

Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Friends are the sunshine of life.

But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

The happiest time in any man's life is just after the first divorce.

I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house.

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.

Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.