<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Religion - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65867]]></link><description><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm religiously opposed to religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm religiously opposed to religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is just mind control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is just mind control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63904]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63695]]></link><description><![CDATA[By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63650]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53494]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense that we respect his theory that his wife ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53495]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53482]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53485]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53476]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something; Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something; Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout  Of petulant capricious sects,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53473]]></link><description><![CDATA[So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout  Of petulant capricious sects,   That maggots of corrupted texts,    That first run all religion down,     And after every swarm its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53474]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53475]]></link><description><![CDATA[His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53469]]></link><description><![CDATA[G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be,  But twenty times I rather would be   An atheist clean,    Than under gospel colours hid be,     Just for a screen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One religion is as true as another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53470]]></link><description><![CDATA[One religion is as true as another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53471]]></link><description><![CDATA[As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Synods are mystical Bear-gardens. Where Elders, Deputies, Church-wardens,  And other Members of the Court,   Manage the Babylonish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Synods are mystical Bear-gardens. Where Elders, Deputies, Church-wardens,  And other Members of the Court,   Manage the Babylonish sport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance, it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53465]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance, it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53467]]></link><description><![CDATA[People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion . . . "What religion?" . . . the Earl said, "Men of sense never tell it."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Atheist's laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53468]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Atheist's laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so   Who art not missed by any that entreat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crooked end obedient spirits draws, The pointed, those rebels who spurn at Christian laws.  [Lat., Curva trahit mites, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crooked end obedient spirits draws, The pointed, those rebels who spurn at Christian laws.  [Lat., Curva trahit mites, pars pungit acuta rebelles.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother. [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother. [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53459]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout? [Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout? [Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53454]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind,  Hath look'd on no religion scornfully  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind,  Hath look'd on no religion scornfully   That men did ever find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53455</guid></item></channel></rss>