Religion Quotes - Page 46

I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't allow this life - the only thing I know to exist - to be wasted.

Do not paint a picture either of God or the devil on your walls: this will ruin both your walls and the atmosphere.

The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.

If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both old and young.

We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.

God is that inner presence which makes us admire the beautiful and consoles us for not sharing the happiness of the wicked.

Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.

The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?

The wisdom that living brings, since I got a telegram from the God of simple things.

Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.

Religion fosters servility and solipsism.

No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant.

When we arrive at dilemmas in life and we are unable to decipher the right direction to go, if we hope to maintain our confidence in the process, we must (repeat must) allow the Lord to be our Guide, our Strength, our Wisdom - our all!

He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at every step.

We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favour,like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.

All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words.

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.

Die before you die, there is no chance after.

No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth'.

Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.