Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion! Thomas Huxley
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. Samuel Butler
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin. Anatole France
I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature. Neil Young
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. Thomas Szasz
No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people. Arnold Schwarzenegger
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. Arthur C. Clarke
I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody. Mojo Nixon
It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. Richard Dawkins
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. Dave Barry
This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible. Carter G. Woodson
The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. Alexis de Tocqueville
The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save yourself or you'll be immortal. Of course, that's a total joke, and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but there's no ethical progress whatsoever. David Bowie
Religion is not a department of life it is something that enters into the whole of it. Alan Watts
The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated. Desmond Tutu
I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: 'Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way. Neale Donald Walsch
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out. Chinua Achebe
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand. Ernest Holmes
I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it that's my religion. Alice Walker
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. Naguib Mahfouz