Quotes by Herzen, Alexander

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on vol >>

Education at school continues what has been done at home: it crystalli >>

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them i >>

Quotations about Religion

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition >>

A maker of idols is never an idolater. >>

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if >>

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former -- of the corruption of the will.

Herzen, Alexander