The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations

The fundamental questions concerning God and people are as old as humanity. In this collection of quotations, Parrinder has drawn on all the great books of the world's religions and the words of prophets, scholars and mystics on the nature of the divine, ethics, puzzles of mortality, resurrection and life after death. Here, too, are the thoughts of the religious and irreligious from Plato on sexuality, Freud on the origins of religion, William Blake on angels, Omar Khayyam on fate, Confucius on poverty to Gandhi on violence.

How did the universe come to exist? What is the nature of its creator? Is there a purpose to human existence? What is it to live a good life?The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations offers not just one, but many, answers to these questions. Geoffrey Parrinder has drawn on all the great books of world religions - the Bible, the Qur'an, Zoroastrian Gathas, Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Jewish Mishnah, Sikh Adi Granth and Chinese Tao Te Ching - in this collection of over 3000 quotations. Discover the words of prophets, scholars and mystics on matters spiritual and moral, as well as Plato on sexuality, Freud on religion and Gandhi on violence.Originally published in 1990, The Routledge Dictionary of Religious Quotations is now reissued with a new preface by Geoffrey Parrinder.

Geoffrey Parrinder is Emeritus Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions at the University of London. He is the author of over 30 books on world religions, which have been translated into many languages.