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"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."

Peace, World

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."

Lie, Appreciation, Goodness

"Sleep is the best meditation."

Meditation, Sleep

"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."

Forgiveness, Love, Compassion, Religious

"It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come."

Attitude, Happiness, Heart, Will

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

Happiness, Actions

"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion."

Religion, Compassion, Kindness, Rebirth

"If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it."

Faith, Religion

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

Purpose,

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."

Religion, Heart, Temple, Kindness

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"Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Religion, Fact, Will

"It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Religion, God, Gods, Universe

"Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Religion, Christian, Rank

"A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Religion, Church, Gentlemen, Heaven, Will

"The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Religion, God, Thought, Proof, Protestantism

"Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Religion, Machine, Man

"The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Religion, Missionaries

"Religion is not a conclusion of the reason."

Lyman Abbott, American Author

Religion, Reason

"No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state."

Felix Adler, German Educator

Religion, Church, Purity, State

"The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer."

Horatio Alger, American Author

Religion, Confession, Night, Prayer