Quote by Blaise Pascal
If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on rel

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles! – Blaise Pascal

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The strength of a mans virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. – Blaise Pascal

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In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious. – Blaise Pascal

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The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. – Ezra Pound

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One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Religion is all bunk. – Thomas A. Edison

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The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who have not found in institutional religion a God big enough to be God for their world. – John Shelby Spong

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