Civilized society Quote by Abhijit Naskar

In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“One of the chief tasks of our time must surely be to build a global community in which all peoples can live together in…

— Karen Armstrong

“Religion can thus be defined as a system of human norms and values that is founded on a belief in a superhuman order.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

The word religion literally means, in Latin, to link or bind together; and despite the vast variation in the world's religions, Wilson shows that…

— Jonathan Haidt

“The crucial historical role of religion has been to give superhuman legitimacy to these fragile structures. Religions assert that our laws are not the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed…

— John Henrik Clarke

“religions have much, much more in common than they like to admit. The beliefs are almost always the same; it’s just that the histories…

— David Levithan

Religion is the mortar that binds society together; the granite pedestal of liberty; the strong backbone of the social system.

— Thomas Guthrie

“Religion in modern society is only artificially kept together and upheld by the Church and by those Governments to whose social or private interest…

— Ármin Vámbéry

“And so religions, to a large extent, became divisive rather than unifying forces. Instead of bringing about an ending of violence and hatred through…

— Eckhart Tolle

“The world needs the kind of religion that sets humanity free, not the kind that binds it with textual fanaticism. The world needs the…

— Abhijit Naskar

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

— Walter Jon Williams