Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resemble what actually happens
Ian Stewart
It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so
Ernestine Rose
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
Dalai Lama
More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.
Harvey Milk
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
Richard Burton
Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion, nothing seemed more natural to me than to fashion my own
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Dalai Lama
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
Dalai Lama
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry
Edgar Allan Poe
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet
Napoleon Bonaparte
Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.
G. K. Chesterton
Religion is just mind control
George Carlin
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.
Jesse Ventura
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope
Robert Green Ingersoll