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Religion, to have any force upon men's understandings - indeed, to exist at all - must be supposed paramount to law, and independent for its substance upon any human institution, else it would be the absurdest thing in the world, an acknowledged cheat
Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm
Life is one, religion one, creeds are many and diverse
Genuine religion is not so much a matter of feeling as a matter of principle
There is more religion in men's science, than there is science in their religion
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin
A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn
Religion: a daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable
Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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