“Religions grow out of the deepest needs of individuals sharing a common awakening, and are not created by "engineers of the soul."”
Foreword: 1978, p. xxix
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Daniel Bell24
American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritu… 1919–2011Related quotes
“Religion is a need of the human soul.”
Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927) Indian Sufi
Vol. IX - The Unity of Religious Ideals, Part I : Seeking for the Ideal http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/IX/IX_5.htm. <br class="br">The Spiritual Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan <br class="br">Context: Religion is a need of the human soul. In all periods and at every stage of the evolution of humanity there has been a religion which people followed, for at every period the need for religion has been felt. The reason is that the soul of man has several deep desires, and these desires are answered by religion.<br>The first desire is the search for the ideal. There comes a time when man seeks for a more complete justice than he finds among men, and when he seeks for someone on whom he can rely more surely than he can on his friends in the world. There comes a time when man feels a desire to open his heart to a Being who is above human beings and who can understand his heart.
“Religion amplifies the good and evil tendencies of individual souls.”
Freeman Dyson (1923) theoretical physicist and mathematician
Progress In Religion (2000)
Context: I am neither a saint nor a theologian. To me, good works are more important than theology. We all know that religion has been historically, and still is today, a cause of great evil as well as great good in human affairs. We have seen terrible wars and terrible persecutions conducted in the name of religion. We have also seen large numbers of people inspired by religion to lives of heroic virtue, bringing education and medical care to the poor, helping to abolish slavery and spread peace among nations. Religion amplifies the good and evil tendencies of individual souls.
Ernest Becker book The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death (1973)
Source: "Human Character as a Vital Lie", p. 66
Sallustius Roman philosopher and writer
although many engines move without being touched by any one
VIII. On Mind and Soul, and that the latter is immortal.
On the Gods and the Cosmos
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) 264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint
John Paul II, General Audience of 27 December 1978 https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/1978/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19781227.html <br class="br">Other Quotes by Pope John Paul II
“The Vedanta is not a religion, but religion itself in its most universal and deepest significance.”
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Oliver Sheldon (1894–1951) British businessman
Oliver Sheldon. Philosophy of Management. London: Isaac Pitman and Sons; 1930, p. 33. As cited in Albert Lepawsky (1949), Administration, p. 8