“Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be.” MayReligionSeaRemainsBottomCalmWaveSurface Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“There are at bottom but two possible religions--that which rises in the moral nature of man, and which takes shape in moral commandments, and that which grows out of the observation of the material energies which operate in the external universe.” MenTwoReligionUniverseEnergyGrowsMoralMaterialsShapesBottomObservationCommandmentsNature Of Man Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder.” ReligionJudgingBottomStaringLadders Book:Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)
“All religions were, at bottom, one, though they differed in detail and outward form like the leaves on a tree.” FormReligionTreeBottomDetails Author:Mahatma Gandhi