"The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion." ― Matthew Arnold Topic(s): Religion More From Matthew Arnold "Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!" "To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive." "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom – all, which makes death a hideous show." More In Religion "Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it."― Alan Watts "The women’s movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind."― Carol P. Christ "Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments."― Christopher Hitchens