The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it. Minna Antrim
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god. Jorge Luis Borges
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. Carl Sandburg
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. Lucretius
Hey, I'm a Catholic deer hunter, I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. Paul Ryan
Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism. Benito Mussolini
Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need. Bill Maher
Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life. Paul Tillich
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. John Burroughs
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. Karen Armstrong
The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. Thomas Hardy
Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power. Alice Walker
We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change. Serj Tankian
True character arises from a deeper well than religion. E. O. Wilson
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive. E. O. Wilson
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves. E. O. Wilson
The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity. E. O. Wilson
All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake. John Shelby Spong
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action. Frank Murphy
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. Naguib Mahfouz