Quotes by Religious Truth The meaning of religious truth is hope. Andrei Tarkovsky religious-truth truth-is religious Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence. James Madison religious-truth fundamentals religion Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption James Madison religious-truth corruption ignorance