Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race. Use this quote
I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of communal gathering, and having some sense of peoples. Use this quote
I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and most of the good people I knew were Christians. Use this quote
I am a Westerner. We're not going to change the West by going East. The East has a lot to teach us, but essentially it's like a mirror, saying, hey, can't you see what's here in your own religion, what are you, stupid? Use this quote
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy. Use this quote
For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it. Use this quote
The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent. Use this quote
The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, THAT my friends, is true perversion. Use this quote
Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. Use this quote
I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted. Use this quote
Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life. Use this quote
Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are. Use this quote
The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority. Use this quote
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. Use this quote
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. Use this quote
We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and God that we can hardly enter into the idea of a religion in which a whole nation in its national organisation appears as the religious unit. Use this quote
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others. Use this quote
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Use this quote
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. Use this quote
I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. Use this quote