Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes: All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
         

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.


Edgar Allan Poe
Check all other quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Edgar Allan Poe Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/All-religion-my-friend-is-simply-evolved-29588>.





Check out


Other quotes of Edgar Allan Poe


The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.



I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.



There is no beauty without some strangeness

There is no beauty without some strangeness



All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.



The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.



All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.



Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.



And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.



I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.



They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.





Other quotes you may like



Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening.

Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening.



Dreams are born in our heads, but they’re forged and perfected in the fire of experience.

Dreams are born in our heads, but they’re forged and perfected in the fire of experience.



San Francisco is the place where most people were last seen

San Francisco is the place where most people were last seen



Only the brave and adventuresome find God, never the timid.

Only the brave and adventuresome find God, never the timid.



There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.



It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games.

It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games.



Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.



I feel that anything is possible in a poem.

I feel that anything is possible in a poem.



Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method.

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.". Author of this quote is Edgar Allan Poe. This quote is about organized-religion, irreligion, religion,.