„Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.“

— James Baldwin

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„Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Cruelty and intolerance to those who do not belong to it are natural to every religion.“
— Sigmund Freud
„Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell, spirituality is for those who’ve been there.“
— David Bowie
„There are pessimists who hold that such a state of affairs is necessarily inherent in human nature; it is those who propound such views that are the enemies of true religion, for they imply thereby that religious teachings are Utopian ideals and unsuited to afford guidance in human affairs.“
— Albert Einstein
„The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!“
— Swami Vivekananda
„The other part of the true religion is our duty to man.“
— Isaac Newton