It is said, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it is not incumbent upon him to care whether the arrangement is satisfactory to anyone else or not.
Mark Twain, Roughing It
I wondered how it could be that people could love God and hate one another.
Julie Orringer, How to Breathe Underwater
It’s a poor church that cares only for what happens to a soul after it leaves this life.
Alan Brennert, Moloka’i
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
