There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.
Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified.
All religions have something to say about sex, and it rarely coincides with scientific knowledge of sex and sexuality.
Conscientious stupidity is a religion for most. Many will deny it, but it's those same people that find it easier to ignore the truth. This religion can only be followed by their humble ignorance. It's safe to assume, that this religion is an illusio...
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.
Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
With Yele Haiti, the first thing was I'm proud of the organization and the work that the organization has done, and in the future hope to continue doing.
The problem that we, as living organisms, face - and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces - is the management of life.
There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of highly organic soil than there are people on the planet.
Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are huge packages of chemicals.
True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.
Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.
Try this: Identify a bottom-up improvement or innovation in your organization, and interview the person who championed it. Chances are you will find a hero story of some kind. Why do we have to be heroes to implement perfectly good ideas?
We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think...
Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.
America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.
