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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama

Kindness, Heart, Simple

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mahatma Gandhi

Christ, Christians, Unlike

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis

Everything, Sun, Else

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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
C. S. Lewis

Earth, Heaven, Aim

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus

Life, God, Live

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama

Kindness, Heart, Brain

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Buddha

Life, Men, Live

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
Swami Vivekananda

God, Yourself, Cannot

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Helen Keller

Time, Good, Men

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
Khalil Gibran

Love, Spirit, Church

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Albert Einstein

God, Morality, Importance

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
Theodore Roosevelt

Education, Knowledge, College

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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Socrates

Good, God, Best

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart

Life, Enough, Prayer

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Mahatma Gandhi

Beauty, Soul, Moon

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Rich, Poor, Keeps

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Desmond Tutu

Eyes, Said, Bible

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
Muhammad Ali

Different, Water, Religions

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
Helen Keller

God, Before, Wonderful

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
Francis of Assisi

Words, Times, Necessary

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
Soren Kierkegaard

Change, God, Him

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
Joseph Campbell

God, Simple, Thought

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Thomas Paine

Good, Country, Mankind

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
Galileo Galilei

God, Same, Sense

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
Henry David Thoreau

Heaven, Feet, Heads

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