“Give
me chastity and continence, but not yet.”
Saint Augustine
“It
was the experience of mystery – even if mixed with fear –
that endangered religion.”
Albert Einstein
“I
do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an
agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure –
that is all that agnosticism means.”
Clarence Darrow
“To
ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner
confessedly unworthy.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Your
highness, I have no need of this hypothesis.”
Pierre Laplace, to Napoleon on why his works on celestial mechanics
make no mention of God.
“The
longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God
governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground
without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His
aid?”
Benjamin Franklin
There is
only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
George Bernard Shaw
"We can
live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human
affection."
Dalai Lama
“Christ
died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing
them?”
Jules Feiffer