Religion is just mind control. George Carlin on religion
It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. Barack Obama on religion
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Francis Bacon on religion
I 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. Malcolm X on religion
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. Aldous Huxley on religion
Religion is the opium of the masses. Karl Marx on religion
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime. Edgar Allan Poe on religion
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. Robert Green Ingersoll on religion
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein on religion
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. Thomas Paine on religion
I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing. Will Smith on religion
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. Voltaire on religion
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. John Henrik Clarke on religion
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Jiddu Krishnamurti on religion
I don't necessarily believe in organized religion. Will Smith on religion
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. Martin Luther on religion
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial. Erma Bombeck on religion
Love is my religion - I could die for it. John Keats on religion
He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on religion
Selfishness is the only real atheism aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. Franklin D. Roosevelt on religion