Pearl S. Buck Quotes

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

Religion can be both good and bad - it is spirituality that counts.

Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.

Basic religion is the reason we have morals.

Religion is never going to go away, and anyone who thinks it will doesn't understand what religion is. It is a language to describe the experience of human nature, so for as long as people struggle to describe what it means to be alive, it will be a ready-made language to express those feelings.

I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others.

Religion has endured since the dawn of human consciousness precisely because it encompasses so much of being human. No idea has endured so long, gathered up so many disparate needs and wants and feelings, and inspired so many different paths towards understanding it.

Authentic religion does not require politicians

There's been so much rhetoric in the past decade about how important religion is to being a good person, for people to say they don't believe in God.

Religion is the anchor of morality for most people.

I believe religion is important for every person.

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

I don't think you need religion.

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.

Religion to me really means ethical systems.

Religion is a disease, but a noble disease.

The answer to bad religion is not secularism. It’s better religion.

Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.

Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, or a Hindu, religion is a great force, and it can help one have command of one's own morality, one's own behavior, and one's own attitude.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.