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George Bernard Shaw Quotes about Religion

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Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

George Bernard Shaw
Prayer, People, Religion

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

George Bernard Shaw
Stupidity, Religion, Might

My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

George Bernard Shaw
Religion, Millionaire, Dear
George Bernard Shaw (2008). “Pygmalion and Major Barbara”, p.96, Bantam Classics

The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.

George Bernard Shaw
Atheist, If There Is A God, Religion
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3238, e-artnow

At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world.

George Bernard Shaw
Religion, Atheism, World
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2276, e-artnow

The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.

George Bernard Shaw
Christian, Believe, Religion
Getting Married (1911)

I have found, after a good deal of consideration, that the best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him here.

George Bernard Shaw
Garden, Religion, Pulling Weeds
"The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw".

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

George Bernard Shaw
Eye, Men, Religion
'Major Barbara' (1907) act 2

There is nothing in religion but fiction.

George Bernard Shaw
Religious, Religion, Fiction
George Bernard Shaw (2010). “Back to Methuselah”, p.98, The Floating Press

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

George Bernard Shaw
Life And Love, Fear, Religion
Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898) vol. 2, preface

I am a sort of collector of religions: and the curious thing is that I find I can believe in them all.

George Bernard Shaw
Believe, Curiosity, Religion
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2317, e-artnow

All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them.

George Bernard Shaw
Religion, Morality, Conquer
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4276, e-artnow

Religion is a great force - the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours.

George Bernard Shaw
Real, Men, Religion
"Getting Married (Hotchkiss)". Play by George Bernard Shaw, May 12, 1908.

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