Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of ones own religion. – Mahatma Gandhi
We must respect the other fellows religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. – H. L. Mencken
Its not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who arent like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. – Barack Obama
I dont necessarily believe in organized religion. – Will Smith
Im religiously opposed to religion. – Victor Hugo
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, wheres the harm? September 11th changed all that. – Richard Dawkins
Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Sharia. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue. – King Hussein I
Im sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I dont think theres any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock. – Howard Stern
Theres naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. – Lord Byron
The humanists replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow youll either save yourself or youll be immortal. Of course, thats a total joke, and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but theres no ethical progress whatsoever. – David Bowie
I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way. – Neale Donald Walsch
I dont call myself a Buddhist. Im a free spirit. I believe Im here on earth to admire and enjoy it thats my religion. – Alice Walker
I wont take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. – Carl Sandburg
Hey, Im a Catholic deer hunter, I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. – Paul Ryan
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they dont want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. – Karen Armstrong
The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether its Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity. – E. O. Wilson
All religion seems to need to prove that its the only truth. And thats where it turns demonic. Because thats when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake. – John Shelby Spong
If your religion doesnt teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. – Dennis Prager
A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it and ones religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification. – David Herbert Lawrence
I dont have a religion. I believe in a God. I dont know what it looks like but its MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural. – Jennifer Aniston
