Religion is love; in no case is it logic.
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
The difference between a cult and a religion, of course, lies in extremity.
At the heart of 'The Famished Road' is a philosophical conundrum - for me, an essential one: what is reality? Everybody's reality is subjective; it's conditioned by upbringing, ideas, temperament, religion, what's happened to you.
The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public life is a state that declares itself supreme over all religious values.
Same-sex marriage is not the final nail in the coffin for traditional marriage. It is just another road sign toward the substitution of government for God. Every moral discussion now pits the wisest moral arbiters among us - the Supreme Court, President Obama - against traditional religion.
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.
It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.
The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
I don't do politics, I don't do religion, I don't do ethnic jokes.
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important.
In my opinion, love is not about gender, it's not about religion. Love has no borders and no boundaries.
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.
I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.
Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.
Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest.
I've got no problem with anybody's religion. But if you go claiming the Earth is only 10,000 years old, that's just wrong.
I think religion is a mistake - I'm exhausted by its self-righteousness. I think atheists should start screaming for attention like religious folks do.
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
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!
I don't happen to believe, by the way, that immigration policies that single people out because of religion, for instance, are fair and just.
'Monty Python' became my religion when I was 10. It led me out of the depths of darkness. I loved 'The Goodies,' too, and 'The Two Ronnies.' I watched those shows on the public television station in Chicago.
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
I just don't like the separatism that comes from religion, and, without fail, the need to put your beliefs on someone else. When you start telling someone else how to live, you should check yourself, man.
Religion works. I know there's comfort there, a crash pad. It's something to explain the world and tell you there is something bigger than you, and it is going to be alright in the end. It works because it's comforting.
I was raised in the church, and there's still a fire burning inside me. I definitely don't ever want to be preachy. But less and less young people are religious. The thing is, I see so many positive things about religion, so I'm happy to talk about it.
U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it.
Basic religion is the reason we have morals.
There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of a divine creator.
Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.
I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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.
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.
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.