Complete Works of Lucretius Quotes

“It is not true religion to be seen turning with veiled head ever and anon toward an image of stone, or draw­ing nigh to every god's altar, or prostrating oneself on the ground with suppliant hands before the holy shrines; nor is it piety to wet the altars with the abundant blood of beasts and to twine vow with vow. True religion is rather the power to contemplate nature with a mind set at peace.”
― Lucretius, Complete Works of Lucretius