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Religion

«I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion»
«I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power»
Author: Catullus | About: Religion | Keywords: civil, cultured, misfortune, rulers
«I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way.»
«I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States»
«I have ... a terrible need ... shall I say the word? ... of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.»
«I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe»
«I don't stand for the black man's side, I don't stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side»
«I do not believe in revealed religion - I will have nothing to do with your immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without speculating on another»
«I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious - unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Religion | Keywords: humorous, purposely
«I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in each year»