Religion is a fashionable substitute for Belief. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual. – William Robertson Smith
Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits. – Andrew Greeley
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy. – Thomas Keneally
Even in high school, I had friends that I didnt know were gay until years later. Id find out on Facebook or something and be like, Oh, that explains some things, or Wow, no wonder they were so cool. – Kellan Lutz
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell