"As for those who protest that I am robbing people of the great comfort and consolation they gain from Christianity, I can only say that Christianity includes hell, eternal torture for the vast majority of humanity, for most of your relatives and friends. . . . If I could feel that I had robbed anybody of his faith in hell, I should not be ashamed or regretful."
Relatives And Friends quotes
Relatives And Friends
15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
15 quotes
Rupert Hughes
Author
Ramakrishna
Spiritual Leader
"When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them."
Joseph Brodsky
Poet, Essayist
"Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Even your super weirdo creep cousin."
Paul McCartney
Musician, Singer-songwriter
"That's not really important what religion people are attached to, because by the same argument I have a lot of Christian friends and Moslem friends. It's just happened that I do have a lot of relatives and friends who are Jewish."
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