“Suffering predisposes the mind to devoutness; and most young girls, prompted by instinctive tenderness, lean towards mysticism, the obscurer side of religion.” MindYoungReligionSufferingGirlSidesMysticismTenderness Author:Honore de Balzac
“We cry for cow protection in the name of religion, but we refuse protection to the human cow in the shape of the girl-widow.” HumansReligionGirlNamesCryShapesRefuseProtectionCowsWidows Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“In the name of religion, we force widowhood upon our three lakh girl-widows who could not understand the import of the marriage ceremony.” ReligionGirlThreeNamesForceCeremonyWidowsImportsWidowhoodMarriage Ceremony Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.” ReligionGirlWifeFitHeightLapIrreligion Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“I did not marry the first girl that I fell in love with, because there was a tremendous religious conflict, at the time. She was an atheist, and I was an agnostic.” FirstsReligionGirlReligiousAtheismConflictHumorousAtheistWittyAgnosticReligious Conflict Author:Woody Allen