Religion/Faith

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

-- George Santayana

I don't know as much as God, but I know more than He did at my age.

-- Seen in a .signature file

The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

-- George Bernard Shaw, St. Joan

The church is the great lost and found department.

-- Robert Short

It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.

-- Sydney Smith

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

-- Billy Sunday

If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

-- Thomas Szasz

Church is only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members.

-- William Temple

Faith is believing what you know ain't so.

-- Mark Twain

I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

-- Mark Twain

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

-- Mark Twain

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