Timothy Radcliffe Quotes

Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man.

Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.

Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.

I'm a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Americans know more about religion than almost any other topic.

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone.

I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.

I think there's a difference between God and religion.

Religion, you know, enters very deep; in reality it is the deepest impression I have in speaking to people, that they are or that they are not of my religion.

Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous.

I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

I have a 2-year-old son, and I know I'm dealing with a big, grand word when I can't point to the thing when I define it. Right? If he wants to know what a chair is, I can point to the chair. If he wants to know what religion is, I can't point to anything in particular. The same is true of the state.

Organized belief in spirituality - that's what a religion is.

Religion is defined by the relationship between God and man. And Islam is the submission and the acknowledgment of the human being to the creator.

I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.

Men have been obliged to make for themselves a notion of what religion is, long before the science of religions started its methodical comparisons.