![[Religion is a] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the gods and save your crops. And even Christianity, after all, insures heavily against the flaws in this life by belief in another.](/assets/img/quote-photos/religion-is-a-primitive-insurance-against-disaster-originally-religion-was.jpg)
Related Quotes
sacrifice individuality
You don't sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom. Michael Caine
sacrifice simple self
You shut out from your society the gentle and the good. You laugh at the simple and the pure. living, as you all do, on other and by them, you need at self-sacrifice, and if you throw bread to the poor, it is merely to keep them quiet for a season. Oscar Wilde
sacrifice thinking world
I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.
sacrifice self survival
Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage.
sacrifice long purpose
Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes. Louis Finkelstein
sacrifice men people
I know I wouldn't be here, and all of us wouldn't be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made -- not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it. Mia Hamm
sacrifice sacrificial-love ifs
It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing.
sacrifice littles little-things
It is easier to sacrifice great than little things. Michel de Montaigne
sacrifice trying debt
Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try. Michael N. Castle
self different patterns
In any given instance, behavior can be predicted best by considering both self-efficacy and outcome beliefs . . . different patterns of self-efficacy and outcome beliefs are likely to produce different psychological effects Albert Bandura
self answers improvement
Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer. Chuck Palahniuk
self soul mistress
I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul Alfred Lord Tennyson
self style
Self-plagarism is style. Alfred Hitchcock
self style plagiarism
Self-plagiarism is style.
self would-be limits
The self-bound individual always forgets that his self would be safeguarded better and automatically the more he prepares himself for the welfare of mankind, and that in this respect no limits are set for him. Alfred Adler
self indulge-in example
To injure another person through atonement is one of the most subtle devices of the neurotic, as when, for example, he indulges in self-accusations.
self knowing overcoming
Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.
self giving degrees
We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular experiences as the basis for our future life, we are almost certain to be misguided to some degree. Meanings are not determined by situations. We determine ourselves by the meanings we ascribe to situations.
belief cleared confidence mind
I think he cleared his mind and played. I think he's got the confidence and belief back. Tim Buckley
belief ifs
If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Hans Eysenck