640 Quotes About Religion-and-philosophy

  • Author David Baldacci
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    The report helpfully provided that Quakers are a religious group that pride themselves on their nonviolent beliefs. That was a stupid principle on which to found a religion, Chung-Cha thought. One could not rule out violence, because violence was often necessary. And since other religions routinely employed violence, those that did not were in constant danger of being rendered extinct.

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  • Author Riccardo Bruni
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    The church must change, Brother,' Gheorg had said one day long ago, back when they were still theology students at the University of Leipzig. Christian faith cannot be the tool of a monarch who sells God's pardon in exchange for money and power. Our Lord speaks to ALL men, Mathias. The Church must be a place where all men can meet and pray, not a place where they must submit to the power of other men. God's word must reach everyone equally.

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  • Author Achdiat K. Mihardja
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    Dalam kefanatikan mu kau sudah terbelenggu oleh dogma yang tidak memungkinkan kau melihat kau melihat dunia dan hidup dari pelbagai sudut, dari pelbagai segi. Dalam kefanatikan demikian kau tidak lepas dari perbuatan atau sikap dan anggapan-anggapan yang tidak adil terhadap sesama makhluk. Padahal engkau menepuk-nepuk dada seolah-olah engkau manusia utama, dan orang lain yang tidak sependirian dengan engkau adalah murtad dan kafir.

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  • Author Frances Muenzner Titus
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    So is the hardest thing to do the very thing that will set us free? Must we set a part time and create space in our lives for an in-depth meditation on his word? So we can learn to trust in Him that our journey, if we dive deep, is here to bring us closer to Him, the way, the truth and the life?

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