"Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad."

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This quotation examines the core nature of Religion as articulated by Thomas Paine. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Religion provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he helped to inspire the colonial era patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of human rights.

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"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true."

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"I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace."

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"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

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"Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison."

— Mahatma Gandhi
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"As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God."

— Swami Vivekananda
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"I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?"

— Valerie Bertinelli
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"Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation."

— Swami Sivananda
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