"What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!" ― Sydney Smith Topic(s): Religion More From Sydney Smith "Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." "A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience." "Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed." More In Religion "Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings."― Karen Armstrong "I didn’t want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion."― Julian Schnabel "It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so."― Ernestine Rose