Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe. – Elbert Hubbard
The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action. – Albert Einstein
Everyday people are straying away from the church and going back to God. – Lennie Bruce, The Essential Lennie Bruce, 1972
Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. – H.L. Mencken
The Virgin Mary was an unwed teenage mother. – Author Unknown
The Christian Right is neither. – Author Unknown
It will be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible. – George W. Foote
Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance. – John F. Schumaker, Corruption of Reality, Unified Theory of Religion, Hypnosis a
We are punished by our sins, not for them. – Elbert Hubbard
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. – Helen Keller
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. – Agnes Repplier, Points of View
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it. – G.K. Chesterton
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. – Mahatma Gandhi
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. – C. S. Lewis
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. – C. S. Lewis
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples my philosophy is kindness. – Dalai Lama
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. – Francis of Assisi
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. – Khalil Gibran