Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know them and name them. By degrees They melt, and are no more the things we know.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.