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Quote by William James
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism. – William James

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[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James

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The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising. – Kit Williams

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I care not much for a mans religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. – Abraham Lincoln

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Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet its so little known about it which surprised me. – Moustapha Akkad

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Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I dont think any one will deny us. – Louisa May Alcott

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The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. – Gaylord Nelson

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