Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. Dalai Lama
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. Dalai Lama
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. Dalai Lama
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. Abraham Lincoln
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. Muhammad Ali
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. Edgar Allan Poe
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington
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. Mahatma Gandhi
Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences. Dalai Lama
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. Mahatma Gandhi
Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties. Dalai Lama
It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. Thomas Jefferson
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. Mahatma Gandhi
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. Thomas Jefferson
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. Joseph Campbell
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion. Mahatma Gandhi
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. Mahatma Gandhi
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison. Mahatma Gandhi