“That's why there's a devil—to judge the priests.”
Others on Religion
Karl Marx
5 quotes“He freed man from outer religiosity because he made religiosity the inner man. He freed the body from chains because he...”
Thomas Paine
2 quotes“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions est...”
Umberto Eco
2 quotes“People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.”
G.K. Chesterton
2 quotes“The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god.”
Mahatma Gandhi
2 quotes“In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals.”
Napoleon
2 quotes“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
Niccolò Machiavelli
1 quote“There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.”
Carl Sagan
1 quote“You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human...”
Thomas Carlyle
1 quote“The whole universe is but a huge Symbol of god".”
John D. Rockefeller
1 quote“After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.”
Percy Shelley
1 quote“A God made by man undoubtedly has need of man to make himself known to man.”
Edmund Burke
1 quote“The writers against religion whilst they oppose every system are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.”