After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands. Votes: 3
Friedrich NietzscheWhen I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. Votes: 3
Abraham LincolnWorship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. Votes: 1
BodhidharmaWithin the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face. Votes: 1
Ronald ReaganI prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Votes: 1
Frederick DouglassJust as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Votes: 1
BuddhaWe must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life. Votes: 1
George A. SmithTrue religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness. Votes: 1
Albert EinsteinGod is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life. Votes: 1
Swami VivekanandaDie Religion ist das Gefühl der schlechthinnigen Abhängigkeit.
Schleiermacher, Friedrich Ernst DanielThe next great task of science is to create a religion for humanity.
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of BlackburnSuperstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonReligion isn't yours firsthand until you doubt it right down to the ground.
Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonDie Religion ist das Krankenhaus der Seelen, welche die Welt verwundet hat.
Petit-Senn, Jean AntoineDas Glück ist ein Mysterium wie die Religion und duldet kein Rationalisieren.
Chesterton, Gilbert KeithI believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion. Votes: 2 Malcolm X
All too often, the word 'religion' has become identified with those promoting a frankly anti-scientific view of nature and of our place in the natural world. Votes: 2 Kenneth R. Miller
Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion. Votes: 1 Ernie Harwell
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. Votes: 1 Albert Einstein
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god. Votes: 1 Napoleon Bonaparte
Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion. Votes: 3 Mary Astell
The church and religion has lost tremendous power and positive power. Votes: 3 Donald Trump
There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults. Votes: 6 Emily Greene Balch
The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made. Votes: 3 Christopher Hitchens
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions. Votes: 2 Lynn Abbey
Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. Votes: 1 Edward Bond
The shortest definition of religion: interruption. Votes: 3 Johann Baptist Metz
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. Votes: 3 Chinua Achebe
We've had so many lifetimes of different cultures and different religions and different points of view and different wars and different loves and different children. Votes: 4 Shirley MacLaine
The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim, but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian. Votes: 3 Trevor Phillips
I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives. Votes: 1 Kathryn Harrison
I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives. Votes: 1 Kathryn Harrison
I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives. Votes: 1 Kathryn Harrison
The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants. Votes: 1 P. J. O'Rourke
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. Votes: 1 Isaac Bashevis Singer
We'll surely stop the work of all western Christian and eastern religions, and also Islam. Votes: 3 Vladimir Zhirinovsky
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. Votes: 3 Naguib Mahfouz
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others. Votes: 1 Sri Aurobindo
I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to create a secular relationship to government 2,000 years ago, and those people were the Jews. Votes: 1 Elaine Pagels
I'm not particularly into the formal, political side of faith, although I am spiritual and I do have a faith. But 'Strictly Come Dancing' is my religion. Votes: 2 Miranda Hart
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Votes: 1 Pope John Paul II
True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others. Votes: 1 William J. H. Boetcker
As you know, the South is known for its hospitality, traditions, football, pageants, and food. Football is almost like a religion here. People say their priorities are faith, family, and then football. People eat, breathe, and sleep it in the South. It's a huge deal. Votes: 1 Katherine Webb
The first amendment makes it clear that we are free to practice religion without government interference. The Constitution also establishes the separation of church and state so that the laws we live by our never guided by religious zeal. Votes: 3 Roxane Gay
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action. Votes: 8 Frank Murphy
If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education. Votes: 3 William Jennings Bryan
My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god. Votes: 2 Ray Bradbury
A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. Votes: 4 Hugo Black
The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Votes: 1 Billy Graham
I believe having religion in your life creates the potential for long-lasting relationships. Votes: 3 Goldie Hawn
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others. Votes: 3 Sri Aurobindo
What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others. Votes: 1 Tony Campolo
Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why. Votes: 1 Warren Weaver
Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy. Votes: 3 Michael Leunig
Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet, behind the veil of superficiality and hypocrisy, I always believed in the inherent beauty of God that lies at the essence of all true spiritual paths. Votes: 1 Radhanath Swami
I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding. Votes: 1 Clint Eastwood
First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish. Votes: 4 Barbara Walters
We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion. Votes: 1 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
I wasn't raised with a specific religion. I wasn't raised to judge people in any way. Votes: 1 Kristin Kreuk
Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. Votes: 1 Annie Besant
Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes. Votes: 3 Voltaire
Man seeks to learn, and man kills himself because of the loss of cohesion in his religious society; he does not kill himself because of his learning. It is certainly not the learning he acquires that disorganizes religion; but the desire for knowledge wakens because religion becomes disorganized. Votes: 1 Emile Durkheim
The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind. Votes: 2 Carol P. Christ
I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. Votes: 2 Karen Armstrong
I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. Votes: 3 Karen Armstrong
Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost. Votes: 4 Joyce Carol Oates
When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group. Votes: 1 Adam Hamilton
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. Votes: 1 Thomas Szasz
I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, that is itself a political statement. Even if you are writing a 19th-century novel where the money comes from a plantation in the Caribbean and you don't talk about that, that itself is a political thing. Votes: 1 Mohsin Hamid
Why is it that Christian activists are regularly pilloried for basing social standards on biblical texts while liberals are actually praised for mixing religion and politics? Votes: 3 Gary DeMar
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible. Votes: 3 Mark Hopkins
Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion. Votes: 1 Jonah Peretti
Hinduism comes closest to being a nature religion. Rivers, rocks, trees, plants, animals, and birds all play their part, both in mythology and everyday worship. This harmony is most evident in remote places like this, and I hope it does not loose its unique character in the ruthless urban advance. Votes: 3 Ruskin Bond
I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need. Votes: 3 Anne McCaffrey
The New Religion will manifest, for instance, through organizations like Masonry. In Freemasonry is embedded the core or the secret heart of the occult mysteries, wrapped up on number, metaphor and symbol. Votes: 3 Benjamin Creme
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. Votes: 5 Mahatma Gandhi
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. Votes: 3 Richard Dawkins
Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion. Votes: 4 Franklin D. Roosevelt
If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe. Votes: 4 Kerry Thornley
If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something. Votes: 2 Roger Ebert
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. Votes: 2 Muhammad Ali
I'm very passionate about philosophy and religion. Votes: 6 Helen Slater
The philosopher is not an apologist; apologetic concern, as Karl Barth (the one living theologian of unquestionable genius) has rightly insisted, is the death of serious theologizing, and I would add, equally of serious work in the philosophy of religion. Votes: 4 Donald M. MacKinnon
Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling. Votes: 1 Eddie Izzard
The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion. Votes: 2 Lord Hailsham
The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion. Votes: 4 Lord Hailsham
Billions of people don't practice a religion at all. Votes: 2 Richard Gere
Well, it all depends on how you, you know, perceive the religion angle. I always say to each their own and I'd much rather have a guy that's going to be preaching religion as oppose a guy who's going to be shooting himself in the leg. Votes: 3 Boomer Esiason
That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion. Votes: 3 Neil Kinnock
I did an album a long time ago called 'Replicas,' which was entirely science-fiction driven, or science-fantasy. Since then it's been a song here, a song there. It's not really a constant theme. I've written far more about my problems with religion, with God and all that. Votes: 3 Gary Numan
America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their religious beliefs as they please. Our culture has always been, and will most likely always be, profoundly influenced by religion. Votes: 1 James Frey
The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich. Votes: 4 Napoleon Bonaparte
As the courts keep pushing religion out of sight, the press either ignores it or treats it as some sort of emotional affliction. It is hardly any wonder that religion slowly loses its grip on the popular mind. Votes: 3 Robert Bork
Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion, say, or Obama's birthplace - tend to come when an opponent is desperate and can't sell himself. Votes: 1 Jon Meacham
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. Votes: 1 Robert Green Ingersoll
There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. Votes: 2 Polly Toynbee
Much of what is called Christianity has more to do with disguising the ego behind the screen of religion and culture than any real movement toward a God beyond the small self, and a new self in God. Votes: 3 Richard Rohr
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. Votes: 3 Nathaniel Hawthorne
Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. Votes: 4 Gouverneur Morris
We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without. Votes: 3 Dalai Lama
Whether or not evolution is compatible with faith, science and religion represent two extremely different worldviews, which, if they coexist at all, do so most uncomfortably. Votes: 3 Leonard Susskind
I hold that religion and faith are two different things. Votes: 4 Pat Buckley
And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. Votes: 4 James Madison
True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others. Votes: 1 William J. H. Boetcker
I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well. Votes: 3 Phylicia Rashad
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. Votes: 3 Bertrand Russell
In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom. Votes: 1 F. Sionil Jose
There are many reasons for kindness, and religion is just one of them. Votes: 1 Frans de Waal
Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. Votes: 3 Annie Besant
Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes. Votes: 5 Voltaire
Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind which we hide from the world but a driving force that inspires us to innovate and contribute to our surroundings. This is the true spirit of Islam. Votes: 4 Basmah bint Saud
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. Votes: 4 Annie Dillard
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. Votes: 1 Thomas Szasz
We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing selfishness, immorality and materialism. Votes: 4 George W. Romney
If you want the meaning of families and life and religion and philosophy rolled into one package, all you need to read is 'The Brothers Karamazov.' Votes: 3 Charlie Trotter
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Votes: 6 Talib Kweli
Religion and science look at reality differently. Votes: 1 Robert Lanza
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. Votes: 2 Baron d'Holbach
I'm interested in spirituality and in religion and our relationship to the divine. Votes: 3 Giancarlo Esposito
In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science or religion, is dangerous. Votes: 4 Robert Winston
I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go. Votes: 4 Tracy Chapman
My concern is to keep religion and the state separated. I don't think that religion and politics go together. When you see political decisions colored by religion, decisions that affect us all... I thought: 'I do not want to go back to medieval times.' Votes: 4 Bjorn Ulvaeus
It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents. Votes: 3 Nursultan Nazarbayev
I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird thing that I'm struggling with that seems to be offending both atheists and people that are religious. Votes: 1 Patton Oswalt
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people. Votes: 1 B. R. Ambedkar
Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian. Votes: 1 Aaron Klein
I do believe that the original sources of all religions should be taught, because with that we will find our similarities, not just our differences. I believe that if Mohammed, Buddha, Jesus, and Moses all got together they would be best of friends because the spiritual basis of all religions is something that builds unity. Votes: 1 Yehuda Berg
I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. Votes: 2 Monica Bellucci
I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved. Votes: 1 Natascha McElhone
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason. Votes: 1 Charles de Secondat
The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before. Votes: 2 Saint Augustine
I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. Votes: 1 Wesley Snipes
Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race. Votes: 1 Alfred Russel Wallace
Apparent contradictions between religion and science often have been the basis of bitter controversy. Such differences are to be expected as long as human understanding remains provisional and fragmentary. Votes: 1 Henry Eyring
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will. Votes: 2 Alexander Herzen
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. Votes: 2 Wendell Phillips
There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion. Votes: 1 Malala Yousafzai
Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America. Votes: 1 Gary Locke
Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else. Votes: 2 Hamza Yusuf
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity. Votes: 1 B. R. Ambedkar
A lot of Christian extremism has done a great deal to discredit religion; the main religious traditions have abandoned their own intellectual cultures so drastically that no one has any sense of it other than the fringe. Votes: 1 Marilynne Robinson
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Votes: 2 Lamar S. Smith
From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up the First Amendment, they inserted a provision in the Constitution expressly prohibiting any religious test for office. Votes: 1 Noah Feldman
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different. Votes: 2 Mahatma Gandhi
A religion without mystery must be a religion without God. Votes: 2 Jeremy Taylor
From a young age, I saw and placed importance on spirituality within religion. Votes: 1 Lizzo
Politics in America is the binding secular religion. Votes: 2 Theodore White
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. Votes: 1 Naguib Mahfouz
I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families. Votes: 3 Ja Rule
You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government. Votes: 2 Marco Rubio
Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony. Votes: 1 Ludwig Wittgenstein
Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private. Votes: 3 Tahar Ben Jelloun
In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit religion. I believe this is a very good thing. Votes: 1 Adam Hamilton
Religion is compulsory in English schools, you know. Votes: 1 Christopher Hitchens
I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate. Votes: 3 Elton John
A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all these experiences and never say hello to anyone new. And one of the things that all religions do is take groups of strangers into a space and say it is OK to talk to each other. Votes: 1 Alain de Botton
The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Votes: 1 Matthew Arnold
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. Votes: 1 Dalai Lama
I am a Muslim. I am born to Muslim parents. I have a Muslim son. I have been imprisoned and witnessed torture for my previous understanding of my religion. Votes: 3 Maajid Nawaz
Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. Votes: 1 Frank Herbert
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion. Votes: 1 Friedrich Nietzsche
I believe in God and not religion, because I believe religion is the double cross. Because I've been double crossed by three religions, so I think I can safely say that religion - there is maybe something wrong with religion. Every temple that's put up may not be a holy one, so watch out. Votes: 2 Ja Rule
The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass from religion, as a matter of fact we don't. Votes: 1 Richard Dawkins
Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam. Votes: 2 Mosab Hassan Yousef
The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. No one would desire not to be beautiful. When we experience the beautiful, there is a sense of homecoming. Votes: 2 John O'Donohue
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. Votes: 1 Mahatma Gandhi
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. Votes: 2 Muhammad Ali
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory. Votes: 3 F. Sionil Jose
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. Votes: 2 Pierre Beaumarchais
All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step. Votes: 1 P. J. O'Rourke
I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. Votes: 2 Dave Davies
Antiwhite racism is developing in sections of our cities where individuals - some of whom have French nationality - contemptuously designate French people as gaulois on the pretext they don't share the same religion, color or origins. Votes: 1 Jean-Francois Cope
Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities. Votes: 1 Carl Olson
You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality. Votes: 1 Eckhart Tolle
School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects. Votes: 1 Leigh Steinberg
I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good. Votes: 3 Mary Douglas
If God and man are in themselves one, and if religion is the human side of this unity then must this unity be made evident to man in religion, and become in him consciousness and reality. Votes: 2 David Friedrich Strauss
I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism. Votes: 2 Cat Stevens
The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God... Islam is a religion of peace. You don't attack. You explain. Votes: 3 Hakeem Olajuwon
I respect religion and will respect any religion. Votes: 5 Jean-Bertrand Aristide
We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that. Votes: 1 Rashid al-Ghannushi
Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies. Votes: 3 H. L. Mencken
The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest. Votes: 3 John Henrik Clarke
I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Votes: 1 Peter Jennings
A scientific discovery is also a religious discovery. There is no conflict between science and religion. Our knowledge of God is made larger with every discovery we make about the world. Votes: 7 Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. Votes: 1 Bertrand Russell
It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts. Votes: 4 Max Planck
I am proud to be a Sikh and am a true disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed his entire family for the Sikh religion. Votes: 1 Harbhajan Singh
Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. Votes: 4 Huston Smith
In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason. Votes: 2 Heinrich Heine
You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality. Votes: 2 Eckhart Tolle
Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion. Votes: 1 Jonah Peretti
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power. Votes: 4 Walter Jon Williams
The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all. Votes: 3 Rocco Buttiglione
My study of religion, which I regard in many ways as an art form, is a search for meaning. Votes: 3 Karen Armstrong
Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian. Votes: 3 Aaron Klein
The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message. Votes: 4 Ziggy Marley
As Americans, we're not sure we share values. We're sometimes even afraid to use the word 'values.' We talk about teaching ethics in schools - people say, 'What ethics? Whose ethics? Maybe we can't.' And they confuse that with teaching of religion. Votes: 1 Rudy Giuliani
We must not confuse religion with God, or technology with science. Religion stands in relationship to God as technology does in relation to science. Both the conduct of religion and the pursuit of technology are capable of leading mankind into evil; but both can prompt great good. Votes: 4 Robert Winston
America's problem isn't too much religion or too little of it. It's bad religion: the slow-motion collapse of traditional Christianity and the rise of a variety of destructive pseudo-Christianities in its place. Votes: 3 Ross Douthat
That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and religion, and Buddhism. Votes: 3 Satish Kumar
One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature. Votes: 1 Greg Graffin
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business. Votes: 6 Mahatma Gandhi
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness. Votes: 2 Albert Einstein
I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up! Votes: 1 Candace Cameron Bure
Start out understanding religion by saying everything is possibly wrong... As soon as you do that, you start sliding down an edge which is hard to recover from... Votes: 3 Richard P. Feynman
God did not burden the United States with a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and religions, He blessed America with them. Votes: 1 Emanuel Cleaver
If God and man are in themselves one, and if religion is the human side of this unity then must this unity be made evident to man in religion, and become in him consciousness and reality. Votes: 1 David Friedrich Strauss
If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. Votes: 1 Dennis Prager
This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools). Votes: 3 Michael Newdow
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Votes: 2 Ben Carson
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. Votes: 5 Mahatma Gandhi
Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why. Votes: 1 Warren Weaver
Religion asks you to believe things without questioning, and technology and science always encourage you to ask hard questions and why it is important in science and technology. So I was always interested in science and technology. Votes: 1 Vinod Khosla
Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why. Votes: 1 Warren Weaver
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's. Votes: 3 Carol P. Christ
I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree. Votes: 4 Jada Pinkett Smith
If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. Votes: 4 Dennis Prager
I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow up. They're about meeting people from different backgrounds and different religions and different cultures, and mixing with people that you wouldn't ordinarily meet. Votes: 3 Ashley Jensen