Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.
You don't get to advertise all the good that your religion does without first scrupulously subtracting all the harm it does and considering seriously the question of whether some other religion, or no religion at all, does better.
My concern is to keep religion and the state separated. I don't think that religion and politics go together. When you see political decisions colored by religion, decisions that affect us all... I thought: 'I do not want to go back to medieval times...
A good religion does not need miracles.
religion is for man and not man for religion
No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.
The Paradox of Sustenance: For an organism’s life to be continued; another organism’s life has to be discontinued.
If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings.
Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.
Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.
All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.
The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time.
It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.
The problem is not religion but the void that creates religions.
The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
Jesus did not come to start a religion. He came to blow religion off the map. Jesus did not come to tinker with our ideas about God. He came to show us who God really is. Jesus did not come to build cathedrals or pulpits. He came to start a revolutio...
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. I would not interfere with any one's religion, either to strengthen it or to weaken it. I am not able to believe one's religion can affec...
Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull toget...
Religion as a philosophy is superior to religion as a practice.
