--- title: "9 Religion End Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Religion End quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Religion End sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/peace-pilgrim-1191_ends_religion-is-not-an-end-in-itself-one-s-u_1503568.png" --- > [Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/religion-is-not-an-end-in-itself-one-s-union-with-god-is-the-ultimate-2/) [Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/peace-pilgrim-1191_ends_religion-is-not-an-end-in-itself-one-s-u_1503568.png) > [“Religion became an end, rather than a means, a substitute for God. Until alcoholism intervened and forced the issue: God, or religion?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/religion-became-an-end-rather-than-a-means-a-substitute-for-god-until/) [Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/ray-a-37558_faith_religion-became-an-end-rather-than-a-mea_2225207.jpg) > [Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal. There are so many religions because immature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/religion-is-not-an-end-in-itself-one-s-union-with-god-is-the-ultimate/) [Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/peace-pilgrim-1191_creeds_religion-is-not-an-end-in-itself-one-s-u_1111978.png) > [I'm a hardened atheist but I feel that we have an inbuilt need for God. If you eradicate religion, you end up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-trigell/i-m-a-hardened-atheist-but-i-feel-that-we-have-an-inbuilt-need-for/) [Jonathan Trigell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-trigell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/jonathan-trigell-29287_atheist_i-m-a-hardened-atheist-but-i-feel-that-w_337069.jpg) > [When the masses become better informed about science, they will feel less need for help form supernatural Higher Powers. The need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/when-the-masses-become-better-informed-about-science-they-will-feel/) [Francesc Ferrer i Guardia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia-4794_atheism_when-the-masses-become-better-informed-a_2093119.png) > [I think Australians are rightly suspicious of people who will try and use religion for another end. I don't think that's right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-costello/i-think-australians-are-rightly-suspicious-of-people-who-will-try-and/) [Peter Costello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-costello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/peter-costello-37747_australia_i-think-australians-are-rightly-suspicio_2937635.jpg) > [Anything is depressing if you dwell on it. The fact that religion could end the world? Yeah, I guess that could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/anything-is-depressing-if-you-dwell-on-it-the-fact-that-religion/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/bill-maher-211_balance_anything-is-depressing-if-you-dwell-on-i_1884005.png) > [“Never mix business with religion, or you might end up losing your testimony when the business agreement is no longer something you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/never-mix-business-with-religion-or-you-might-end-up-losing-your/) [Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/shannon-l-alder-363_bad-business_never-mix-business-with-religion-or-you_627519.jpg) > [Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms. They were all very important when we didn't know why the sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-willis/organized-religions-in-general-in-my-opinion-are-dying-forms-they/) [Bruce Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/bruce-willis-5056_america_organized-religions-in-general-in-my-opi_1484964.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-end/#itemlist", "name": "Religion End Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Religion is not an end in itself. 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