Nowhere would there be consolation if religion were not.—Jacobi.
Monopolies are just as injurious to religion as to trade. With competition religions preserve their strength, but they will never again flourish in their original glory until religious freedom, or, in other words, free trade among the gods, is introduced.—Heinrich Heine.
A religion giving dark views of God, and infusing superstitious fear of innocent enjoyment, instead of aiding sober habits, will, by making men abject and sad, impair their moral force, and prepare them for intemperance as a refuge from depression or despair.—Channing.
Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded.—J. Petit Senn.
Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith.—Shelley.
The ship retains her anchorage yet drifts with a certain range, subject to wind and tide. So we have for an anchorage the cardinal truths of the gospel.—Gladstone.
The best religion is the most tolerant.—Emile de Girardin.
Remembrance.—The greatest comfort of my old age, and that which gives me the highest satisfaction, is the pleasing remembrance of the many benefits and friendly offices I have done to others.—Cato.
Pleasure is the flower that fades; remembrance is the lasting perfume.—Boufflers.
Remorse.—Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.—Joubert.