“I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not teach people that they are capable of becoming happier and more civilized on this earth, capable of becoming master of his fate and captain of his soul.” PeopleWantDoeSoulEarthOrderReligiousTeachFateIgnoranceMastersBecomingMassCapableConcernedHungerSatisfiedCivilizedCaptainsFilth Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious and political, were largely in the process of dissolution, but we did not realise the fact, and therefore did not look for new foundations.” WorldLooksSelfFactsPoliticalProcessReligiousBehindsFoundationDisasterSatisfiedRealisingArrogantCreedsUneasyDissolution Author:John Buchan
“The downtrodden are more religious than the satisfied.” ReligionReligiousSatisfiedDowntrodden Book:Prelude to Foundation Source: Prelude to Foundation
“The purpose prong of the Lemon test requires that a government activity have a secular purpose. That requirement is not satisfied, however, by the mere existence of some secular purpose, however dominated by religious purposes... The proper inquiry under the purpose prong of Lemon, I submit, is whether the government intends to convey a message of endorsement or disapproval of religion.” GovernmentPurposeReligiousExistenceAtheismActivityMessagesTestsMereSatisfiedSubmitSecularRequirementsInquiryLemonsEndorsementsDisapproval Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“Mountains had taken the place of religion, had satisfied her religious sense, her need for adoration and worship as no service in any Cathedral, however sublime, had been able to do.” NeedsAbleReligiousTakenMountainWorshipSatisfiedSublimeAdorationCathedrals Author:Ann Bridge
“Our religious needs are our deepest needs. There is no peace till they are satisfied and contented. The attempt to stifle them is in vain. If their cry be drowned by the noise of the world, they do not cease to exist. They must be answered.” IfsWorldNeedsReligionReligiousCryCeaseSatisfiedNoiseVain Author:Isaac Hecker