Quote by Christopher Hitchens

Religion, it is true, still possesses the huge if cumbersome and unwieldy advantage of having come first.

Religion, it is true, still possesses the huge if cumbersome

Summary

This quote suggests that one of the reasons religion remains influential is due to its historical precedence. Being the first form of spiritual belief and practice, religion has established itself as an integral part of human culture. Although it may be seen as cumbersome and unwieldy in modern times, its longstanding existence has granted it a significant advantage in terms of popularity and acceptance. This explanation acknowledges the endurance of religion and recognizes its initial prominence as a contributing factor to its continued influence.

Topics

Religion

By Christopher Hitchens

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I d

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

Trust Faith Behavior

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.

Joseph De Maistre

Tyranny

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck sayin

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, Make me feel important. Never forget this message when working with people.

Praise

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.

Persuasion

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Education Society

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy t

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Control

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as Upton Sinclair says it is, but 10 times worse

H. L. Mencken, 1941

Media

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the t

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness; though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

Gustave Flaubert

Ignorance & Stupidity

As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a leve

As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are.

Joseph Farrell, Lectures of a Ce

Experience

With the truth you can be quite causal, with lying you must

With the truth you can be quite causal, with lying you must be very exact.

Truth

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

Relationship

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

Feelings