It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion but of course I never have.

Formerly when religion was strong and science weak men mistook magic for medicine now when science is strong and religion weak men mistake medicine for magic.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted and at seeing it practiced.

Teach a child what is wise that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful that is religion!

There's naught no doubt so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.

Next to religion let your care be to promote justice.

I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules it ceases to be a religion as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.

Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue.

If we must not act save on a certainty we ought not to act on religion for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty sea voyages battles!

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing religion will always be sacrificed.

It is easy to talk on religion but difficult to practice it.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations of creation and behavior and religion.

We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.

We know too much and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion and so is our religion.

We have enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another.

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but we thought if people needed a crutch for consolation where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.