Quote by Lionel Blue
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion.

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. – Lionel Blue

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My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her Ive begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far Ive had it good and am crumbling nicely. – Lionel Blue

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During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. – Lionel Blue

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I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons cant be learnt in lecture halls. – Lionel Blue

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Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life. – Paul Tillich

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I dont believe theres any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force. – Ian Mcewan

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Im just confused as to where we lost that in America because it is everyones God-given right to think the way they think and thats fine. Thats why our ancestors came here to America, to believe what they want, pray how they want and follow a religion with whoever they want. – Angie Harmon

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What is a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority. – Robert Altman

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