Is there any religion whose followers can be pointed to as distinctly more amiable and trustworthy than those of any other? If so, this should be enough. I find the nicest and best people generally profess no religion at all, but are ready to like the best men of all religions.

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar

The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, “Religion” (1912)

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