All Quotes By Tag: Religion

“It is not I who live, but the Lord (& Taylor) that liveth within me.”

“If only the morbidly religious cared more about real atrocities, like war, poverty, and sports.”

“사람들은 종교를 이해하지 못하기 때문에 종교와 싸워야합니다. 그들은 몇몇 성경, 꾸란, 베다를 읽고 종교적으로 생각합니다. 책은 내 친구의 종교가 아닙니다. 진정한 종교는 자아의 실현입니다.”

“এমন সব গ্যাস আর কুয়াশা ছিল যার এক বিন্দুই মৃত্যুর কারণ হতে পারে। কোনো কোনো ধর্মীয় সন্ত্রাসীদল বিজ্ঞানে অগ্রসর হয়ে এসব আবিষ্কার বা পুনরাবিষ্কার করে। তাদের বেশিরভাগই বিশ্বাস করত পৃথিবীর শেষ সময় চলে এসেছে (এবং তাদের অনুসারীরাই শুধু মুক্তি পাবে)। হয়ত ঈশ্বর সময়ের কথা ভুলে গিয়েছিলেন, তাই তারা সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় তাকে মনে করিয়ে দিতে হবে।”

“Everyone needs fun, especially the devout because the devout often limits his life with some irrational boring rules!”

“Être humain, c’est la bonne religion.”

“Elle ne comprenait pas qu’une partie de ce peuple en haillons n’eût rien à faire en ce lieu. Comment Dieu pouvait-il choisir ceux-ci plutôt que ceux-là ? Ce Dieu des uns et pas des autres, comment l’admettre, comment le vivre ?”

“When God reveals a secret to you, it becomes the job description of your entire life.”

“One day somebody asked Herr K. if there was a God. Herr K. replied: “I suggest that you ask yourself whether the answer would effect your behavior. If your behavior would remain unchanged, then we can drop the question. If it would change, then I can at least be of assistance to you by telling you that you have already decided: you need a God.”

“أرني ما لا يُرى وأسمعني ما لا يُسمع أرني كيف ترى ما بين السطوروما خلف الأفقدعني أُنصتُ لموسيقى لم تعزف بعد لحديث تكرره الطبيعة دعني أدرك بكل حواسيكيف يكون الإنسان أعظم مخلوقات الله في هذا الكوندعني أحيا بإنسانيتي لا تمسس بـ ما أؤمن بهولا تقرب مقدساتي لا تَمْتَهِن الحبالحب هو الدين الذي أعرفه”

“In Heaven you forget everything. In Hell they make you remember.”

“The religion … aka 10 commandments are outdated… come on… for modern times we don’t need such type of rules.”

“Most people have extremely high tolerance levels for intolerance.”

“Perhaps the best example for the continuing power and importance of traditional religions in the modern world comes from Japan. In 1853 an American fleet forced Japan to open itself to the modern world. In response, the Japanese state embarked on a rapid and extremely successful process of modernisation. Within a few decades, it became a powerful bureaucratic state relying on science, capitalism and the latest military technology to defeat China and Russia, occupy Taiwan and Korea, and ultimately sink the American fleet at Pearl Harbor and destroy the European empires in the Far East. Yet Japan did not copy blindly the Western blueprint. It was fiercely determined to protect its unique identity, and to ensure that modern Japanese will be loyal to “Japan rather than to science, to modernity, or to some nebulous global community.To that end, Japan upheld the native religion of Shinto as the cornerstone of Japanese identity. In truth, the Japanese state reinvented Shinto. Traditional Shinto was a hodge-podge of animist beliefs in various deities, spirits and ghosts, and every village and temple had its own favourite spirits and local customs. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the Japanese state created an official version of Shinto, while discouraging many local traditions. This ‘State Shinto’ was fused with very modern ideas of nationality and race, which the Japanese elite picked from the European imperialists. Any element in Buddhism, Confucianism and the samurai feudal ethos that could be helpful in cementing loyalty to the state was added to the mix. To top it all, State Shinto enshrined as its supreme principle the worship of the Japanese emperor, who was considered a direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, and himself no less than a living god.”

“Perhaps the best example for the continuing power and importance of traditional religions in the modern world comes from Japan. In 1853 an American fleet forced Japan to open itself to the modern world. In response, the Japanese state embarked on a rapid and extremely successful process of modernisation. Within a few decades, it became a powerful bureaucratic state relying on science, capitalism and the latest military technology to defeat China and Russia, occupy Taiwan and Korea, and ultimately sink the American fleet at Pearl Harbor and destroy the European empires in the Far East. Yet Japan did not copy blindly the Western blueprint. It was fiercely determined to protect its unique identity, and to ensure that modern Japanese will be loyal to Japan rather than to science, to modernity, or to some nebulous global community.To that end, Japan upheld the native religion of Shinto as the cornerstone of Japanese identity. In truth, the Japanese state reinvented Shinto. Traditional Shinto was a hodge-podge of animist beliefs in various deities, spirits and ghosts, and every village and temple had its own favourite spirits and local customs. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the Japanese state created an official version of Shinto, while discouraging many local traditions. This ‘State Shinto’ was fused with very modern ideas of nationality and race, which the Japanese elite picked from the European imperialists. Any element in Buddhism, Confucianism and the samurai feudal ethos that could be helpful in cementing loyalty to the state was added to the mix. To top it all, State Shinto enshrined as its supreme principle the worship of the Japanese emperor, who was considered a direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, and himself no less than a living god.”