All Quotes By Tag: Religious-tolerance

“On the matter of God, I’ve stood in every square on the board: obedient believer, secretly hopeful, open-but-dubious. I’ve walked away from the board entirely, only to circle back. Today, all I can say is: I don’t know what I think about God…I do know that I love many believers and pulse with gratitude that wants a locus and I wonder about the wonders I see around me and feel inside me. But I’m not sure of anything.”

“God has made different religions to suit different aspirants, times, and countries. All doctrines are only so many paths; but a path is by no means God himself. Indeed, one can reach God if one follows any of the paths with whole-hearted devotion…One may eat a cake with icing either straight or sidewise. It will taste sweet either way.”

“If a believer demands that I, as a nonbeliever, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect, but for my submission.”