Quotations on bible

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.
-Robert Green Ingersoll
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
-Mark Twain
The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity.
-John Sullivan Dwight
To say nothing of its holiness or authority, the Bible contains more specimens of genius and taste than any other volume in existence.
-Walter S. Landor
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
-Samuel Butler
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
-Alfred North Whitehead
All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that come on high and are contained in the sacred writings.
-John F. Herschel