"Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another." ― Moses Mendelssohn Topic(s): Religion More From Moses Mendelssohn "The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence." "Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it." "I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher." More In Religion "We live in a great country. It’s time again to get religion about it."― Eric Liu "Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion."― Franklin D. Roosevelt "The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them."― Bjorn Ulvaeus