Home > Topic > true religion
1 " In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference. "
― John Calvin , Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols
2 " Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness about our highest social values. "
― Reinhold Niebuhr , Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of History
3 " All my life I have preserved in the depths of my heart a live faith in my Creator, the Defender of the World, in His Sanctifying Grace and in the expiatory sacrifice of Christ our Saviour, but never have I agreed that true religion demands outward manifestations. "
― Valery Bryusov , The Fiery Angel
4 " Freedom from all types of pain and misery is the exact (proper) religion. It is exact (proper) religion when egoism departs and all ‘wrong beliefs’ go away. If the ‘wrong’ beliefs’ are there, true religion cannot be there. "
― Dada Bhagwan
5 " Good karmas are an illusion and bad karmas are also an illusion. Despite this, I am not telling you to stop doing good karma. Going from bad to good is a good thing. However, in spite of doing good; the illusion doesn’t go away. True religion begins after the illusion has gone away. "
6 " True religion is that which does not let you stumble. "
7 " Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. True Religion is realization of the self. "
― Abhijit Naskar
8 " You may travel the whole world, but you'll not find true religion anywhere. Whatever there is, it is in your own mind. "
9 " The existence of true religion is predicated on the practice of goodness. Goodness is Godliness. There is nothing else. Religion lies in practice, not in bookish theories. "
10 " Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or the fervent exercises of the heart? That religion which God requires, and will accept, does not consist in weak, dull, and lifeless, wishes, raising us but a little above a state of indifference. "
― Jonathan Edwards
