Faith, Spirituality and Religion

Gott ist tot: aber so wie die Art der Menschen ist, wird es vielleicht noch Jahrtausende lang Höhlen geben, in denen man seinen Schatten zeigt.—Und wir—wir müssen auch noch seinen Schatten besiegen!

[ On his deathbed, telling a priest he had no need to speak with him :] I’ve been talking to your boss, Father.

How long will the human race sweat under the superstition that, in order to be happy and useful and intelligent, it is necessary to believe in things? What nonsense indeed! Human progress consists, not in acquiring beliefs, but in getting rid of them.

The virulence of the national appetite for bogus revelation.

Though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him alright.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. God is Jesus.

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another name?

Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man…

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.