Faith, Spirituality and Religion

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.

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

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

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?

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

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…

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.

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

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

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

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

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

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

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.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.