1. "I believe the purpose of all major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts." -Tenzin Gyatso 2. "Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. " -John Updike 3. "A religion without the element of mystery would not be a religion at all." -Edwin Lewis 4. "This is the true spirit of insolent dogmatism: We have proved to the satisfaction of every honest man, that we are right, and that you are wrong; and therefore, if you are not convinced, it must be owing to your own perversity. When a man's shot is exhausted, he will try to terrify his adversary by firing off powder." -Julius Charles Hare 5. "No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard. " -William Ernest Hocking 6."All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt, with different holidays." -Cathy Ladmanell Source(The quote garden)