Why is there so much disturbance, so much fighting and quarreling in the name of God?
There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause, because people never went to the fountain-head; they were content only to give a mental assent to the customs of their forefathers, and wanted others to do the same.
What right has a man to say he has a soul if he does not feel it, or that there is a God if he does not see Him?
If there is a God we must see Him, if there is a soul we must perceive it; otherwise it is better not to believe.
It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
- Swami Vivekananda, Raja-Yoga, New York
There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause, because people never went to the fountain-head; they were content only to give a mental assent to the customs of their forefathers, and wanted others to do the same.
What right has a man to say he has a soul if he does not feel it, or that there is a God if he does not see Him?
If there is a God we must see Him, if there is a soul we must perceive it; otherwise it is better not to believe.
It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
- Swami Vivekananda, Raja-Yoga, New York
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