Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable.

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!

All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

I do not value religion chiefly for its morality.

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order ...

A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story of Adam and Eve and the story of Jonah and the Whale. Everything else holds up pretty well, particularly lessons about fairness and gentleness. People who find those lessons irrelevant in the twentieth century are simply using science as an excuse for greed and harshness. Science has nothing to do with it

Christianity is the hallmark of civilization.

Religion to me really means ethical systems.

Take ye counsel together in all matters, inasmuch as consultation is the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way, and is the bestower of understanding.

Justice has sufficient authority without wisdom, but wisdom without justice does not have the force to instill faith. For the craftier and shrewder someone is, the more envied and mistrusted he becomes when his reputation for honesty has been lost. For this reason, justice accompanied by understanding will have as much strength as it wishes to instill confidence. Justice without wisdom is capable of much, but wisdom without justice can accomplish nothing

Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who profess to be religious, even those who worship regularly, show no particular interest in the world beyond themselves.

… religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.

Prisons are built with stones of Law, brothels with bricks of Religion.

The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important.

As a practicing Catholic all my life, my faith and the church are never far from my mind. The lessons I learned in the church have structured the way I've approached my life and my career. They were lessons of grace, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion.

I see religion as a storehouse of lots of really good ideas that a secular world should look at, raid, and learn from.

In all seriousness, I just think, 'Keep God first.'

The institution of religion is important.

Humanity is the child of religion.

I think it's hard to live without some sort of faith.

If you think about the great religions that have united large parts of humankind, people believe gods are very concrete - there is an angry old man in the sky, and if I do something wrong, he will punish me.