Quote by Salman Rushdie
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it. – Salman Rushdie

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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up. – Salman Rushdie

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I was 21 in 1968, so Im as much a child of the 60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968. – Salman Rushdie

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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it. – Ramakrishna

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More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. – Charles Eastman

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I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science. – Heinz Pagels, The Dreams of Reason

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In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion. – Jane Smiley

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