Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion. Heinrich Heine
Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion. Margaret Cho
Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him. Walter Savage Landor
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation. Hosea Ballou
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's. Carol P. Christ
Selfishness is the only real atheism unselfishness the only real religion. Israel Zangwill
I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever. Eddie Izzard
There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God? Eddie Izzard
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been a major force in shaping England into such a tolerant society. Jonathan Sacks
Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise. Jonathan Sacks
Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology. Jonathan Sacks
Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live? Jonathan Sacks
Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness. Jonathan Sacks
In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order. Jonathan Sacks
Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. Karen Armstrong
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too. Karen Armstrong
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people? Karen Armstrong
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace. Alexis Carrel
There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one. Sophia Bush
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. Pierre Beaumarchais