It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different. John Shelby Spong on religion
The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who have not found in institutional religion a God big enough to be God for their world. John Shelby Spong on religion
Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown. Frances Wright on religion
I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again. Dee Dee Ramone on religion
What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion. Geraldine Ferraro on religion
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. Felix Adler on religion
Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. Felix Adler on religion
Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue. Pam Grier on religion
The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing. Abel Ferrara on religion
It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. Pete Sampras on religion
God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress. Robert South on religion
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena. Nikki Haley on religion
Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation. Jean-Pierre Raffarin on religion
When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies. Irvine Welsh on religion
I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion. Sarah Silverman on religion
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them. Hal Holbrook on religion
Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are. William Barclay on religion
The world is my country, science is my religion. Christiaan Huygens on religion
The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Matthew Arnold on religion
I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. Dave Davies on religion