Religion Quotes

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.

There's no religion but sex and music.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

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.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

Money is the wise man's religion.

God is for men and religion is for women.

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion.

The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount contain my religion.

I have ... a terrible need ... shall I say the word? ... of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.

Religion, the dominion of the human mind; Property, the dominion of human needs; and Government, the dominion of human conduct, represent the stronghold of man's enslavement and all the horrors it entails.

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.

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.

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.