The quarrels and divisions about religion were evi... -Francis Bacon

The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief.

Francis Bacon , Philosopher
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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, known as one of the pioneers of the scientific method and his influential works on philosophy.

Francis Bacon Quotes to Explore

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is....
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience....
No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the t...
Wise men make more opportunities than they find....
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other....
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion....
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses....
By indignities men come to dignities....
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men....
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures....

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A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion....
It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were br...
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, hel...
Religion is compulsory in English schools, you know....
So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma....
You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway....
The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, i...
As a child, the conversations that I liked to have with my friends - or with anyone, for that matter - were always about religion....
I have no message of hate. I do not attack any religion. I just preach Jesus....
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy....