Sayings & Quotes

[Lilith7]

Here's what I think in a single sentence: I think that the real religion is about the understanding that if we can only still our egos for a few seconds, we might have a chance of experiencing something that is divine in nature. But in order to do that, we have to slice away at our egos and try to get them down to a manageable size, and then still work some practiced light meditation. So real religion is about reducing our egos, whereas all the churches are interested in is egotistical activities, like getting as many members and raising as much money and becoming as important and high-profile and influential as possible. All of which are egotistical attitudes. So how can you have an egotistical organization trying to teach a non-egotistical ideal? It makes no sense, unless you regard religion as crowd control. What I think most organized religionÔÇösimply crowd control.
John Cleese


The native American parable of the two wolves
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life:

ÔÇ£A fight is going on inside me,ÔÇØ he said to the boy.
ÔÇ£It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evilÔÇôhe is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.ÔÇØ

He continued, ÔÇ£The other is good ÔÇô he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside youÔÇôand inside every other person, too.ÔÇØ

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ÔÇ£Which wolf will win?ÔÇØ

The old Cherokee simply replied, ÔÇ£The one you feed.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£My dad was a Catholic, my mum was a Protestant, I was educated by Jews and I am married to a Muslim. So I never say anything about any religion .ÔÇØ
Michael Caine