“One form of religion perpetually gives way to another; if religion did not change it would be dead. ... Each time the new ideas appear they are seen at first as a deadly foe threatening to make religion perish from the earth; but in the end there is a deeper insight and a better life with ancient follies and prejudices gone.” IfsWayGivingFirstsIdeasEndsWould BeEarthFormReligionGonePrejudiceAncientDeeperInsightFollyNew IdeasThreateningFoeBetter Life Book:The Greek Way Source: The Greek Way
“The religion of the Bible is the best in the world. I see the infinite value of religion. Let it be always encouraged. A world ofsuperstition and folly have grown up around its forms and ceremonies. But the truth in it is one of the deep sentiments in human nature.” WorldHumansFormReligionValuesChristianityHuman NatureBibleInfiniteFollySentimentsCeremony Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.” BelieveReligionBeliefMankindChiefsFollyOccupation Author:H. L. Mencken
“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” KnowsMenLifeInspirationalScienceDeathReligionEasyReligiousMy OwnTeachKnowingDyingConfidenceEntrepreneurAtheistFollySuspectsPublishersScience And ReligionAnother ManHumoristsReligion And PoliticsReligion Politics Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat's meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.” MenEnoughSpiritReligionHeavenFearAnimalPayMagicSkyAtheismDogRainCatIntelligentAtheistRageHorribleAbsurdAssMeatBehaveFollyBenevolenceAbstinencePersuadingLiturgyFelineFoolery Author:Aldous Huxley