“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”— Elie Wiesel, thehypertexts.com
“Do you know, my dear, the huge difference between the 'redeemer' in Gentile languages and our messiah? The messiah is simply someone who has been anointed with oil; every priest or king in the Bible is a messiah, and the Hebrew word 'messiah' is a thoroughly prosaic and everyday word, closely relate…”— Amoz Oz, amazon.com
“Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don’t have questions, you’ll never find answers.”— Colleen Hoover, amazon.com
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”— Dalai Lama, amazon.com
“My own concept of prayer is not as a plea for special favors nor as a quick palliation for wrongs knowingly committed. A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation…”— Walt Disney, amazon.com
“There is nothing like peace and compromise. Let us unite with the blessing of this treaty and be one nation. You know full well that denial1 on both sides has thrown us apart and that our country is suffering greatly. Visualise how blessed it could prove to testify to each other’s truth. Come, give…”— Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, amazon.com
“A religion which does not inculcate universal compassion is no religion at all. Similarly, a human being without the faculty of compassion is no human at all.”— Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, amazon.com
“They say ‘Judge not!’ but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way. By allowing God to judge they themselves judge; by glorifying God they glorify themselves; by demanding precisely those virtues of which they themselves are capable – more, which they are in need of to stay on top at al…”— Nietsche, amazon.com
“I was raised Jewish and then I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important.”— Mark Zuckerberg, washingtonpost.com
“So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.”— Isaac Asimov, amazon.com
“Ethnic & religious identifications are repeatedly exploited for power & security, for separating "us" from "them."”— Jack Kornfield, twitter.com
“The central tenet of every religious tradition is that all others are mere repositories of error or, at best, dangerously incomplete. Intolerance is thus intrinsic to every creed.”— Sam Harris, amazon.com
“Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I made it through.”— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, amazon.com
“I wouldn’t say I’m the most religious person, neither were both of my parents. I always do quote-unquote religious songs or whatever you want to call them from the standpoint where I’m trying to find answers. That’s the space I speak from and a lot of people can relate because they feel the same way…”— Kendrick Lamar, theringer.com
“Sometimes the truth don't rhyme. Sometimes the lies get millions of views”— Chance The Rapper, open.spotify.com
“Before, I believed in not believing in... Cigarette stained smile all covered in sin.”— Chance The Rapper, open.spotify.com
“Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.”— Gordon B. Hinckley, amazon.com
“In most of the world circumcision, aside from religious purposes, is not a common practice.”— Amanda Chatel, thoughtcatalog.com