--- title: "17 Religion Long Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Religion Long quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Religion Long sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/roy-harper-22963_able_i-ve-taken-a-stand-against-religion-for_211932.png" --- > [I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-harper/i-ve-taken-a-stand-against-religion-for-as-long-i-ve-been-able-to/) [Roy Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/roy-harper-22963_able_i-ve-taken-a-stand-against-religion-for_211932.png) > [I don't care what your religion is, as long as it doesn't chastise anybody that's not part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gries/i-don-t-care-what-your-religion-is-as-long-as-it-doesn-t-chastise/) [Jon Gries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/jon-gries-55864_care_i-don-t-care-what-your-religion-is-as-lo_1076350.jpg) > [We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashid-al-ghannushi/we-in-tunisia-have-no-problem-with-respecting-other-peoples-religion/) [Rashid al-Ghannushi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashid-al-ghannushi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/rashid-al-ghannushi-29734_long_we-in-tunisia-have-no-problem-with-respe_2722691.jpg) > [This is my religion. I take long breaks now when I don't perform and I am not myself when I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-haynes/this-is-my-religion-i-take-long-breaks-now-when-i-don-t-perform-and-i/) [Roy Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-haynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/roy-haynes-43782_break_this-is-my-religion-i-take-long-breaks-n_1899356.jpg) > [I do not call it religion so long as it is confined to books and dogmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-do-not-call-it-religion-so-long-as-it-is-confined-to-books-and/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/swami-vivekananda-53_book_i-do-not-call-it-religion-so-long-as-it_2915492.jpg) > [No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-adler/no-religion-can-long-continue-to-maintain-its-purity-when-the-church/) [Felix Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-adler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/felix-adler-10212_church_no-religion-can-long-continue-to-maintai_1301733.png) > [Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-brat/religion-has-for-too-long-been-placed-on-the-back-burner-of-history/) [Dave Brat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-brat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/dave-brat-19674_back_religion-has-for-too-long-been-placed-on_46477.jpg) > [I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/i-don-t-think-the-9-11-attacks-taught-us-anything-we-didn-t-already/) [Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/daniel-dennett-3895_dangerous_i-don-t-think-the-9-11-attacks-taught-us_402234.png) > [But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/but-the-french-writers-always-had-more-originality-and-independence/) [Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/henryk-sienkiewicz-10837_bedtime_but-the-french-writers-always-had-more-o_272307.jpg) > [My family was Jehovah's Witnesses, which is a really tough religion. It kind of deterred me from religion for a long time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ja-rule/my-family-was-jehovah-s-witnesses-which-is-a-really-tough-religion-it/) [Ja Rule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ja-rule/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/ja-rule-8907_belief_my-family-was-jehovah-s-witnesses-which_1305343.jpg) > [Men have been obliged to make for themselves a notion of what religion is, long before the science of religions started its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-durkheim/men-have-been-obliged-to-make-for-themselves-a-notion-of-what/) [Emile Durkheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-durkheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/emile-durkheim-7413_comparison_men-have-been-obliged-to-make-for-themse_1597323.jpg) > [“...The conversation had become unreal since Christianity had entered it. Ronny approved of religion as long as it endorsed the National Anthem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/the-conversation-had-become-unreal-since-christianity-had-entered-it/) [E.M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/e-m-forster-2-1148_christianity_the-conversation-had-become-unreal-since_2007635.jpg) > [Religion for a long time has come to be static in India. What we want is to make it dynamic. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/religion-for-a-long-time-has-come-to-be-static-in-india-what-we-want/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/swami-vivekananda-53_importance_religion-for-a-long-time-has-come-to-be_1077757.jpg) > [These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/these-days-politics-religion-media-seem-to-get-all-mixed-up/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/van-morrison-1192_long_these-days-politics-religion-media-seem_2749008.jpg) > [I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does not kill or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/i-have-no-objection-to-any-person-s-religion-be-it-what-it-may-so/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/herman-melville-162_arguing_i-have-no-objection-to-any-person-s-reli_2739260.jpg) > [“Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/of-course-i-quite-agree-that-the-christian-religion-is-in-the-long/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/c-s-lewis-inspirational-christ_christian-religion_of-course-i-quite-agree-that-the-christi_634237.jpg) > [“Christianity in this region remained as much a colonists’ religion as it would be once again during the French Empire of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jenkins/christianity-in-this-region-remained-as-much-a-colonists-religion-as/) [Philip Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/philip-jenkins-10529_christianity_christianity-in-this-region-remained-as_452323.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-long/#itemlist", "name": "Religion Long Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roy Harper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-harper/i-ve-taken-a-stand-against-religion-for-as-long-i-ve-been-able-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/roy-harper-22963_able_i-ve-taken-a-stand-against-religion-for_211932.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/roy-harper-22963_able_i-ve-taken-a-stand-against-religion-for_211932.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/roy-harper-22963_able_i-ve-taken-a-stand-against-religion-for_211932.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.” — Roy Harper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't care what your religion is, as long as it doesn't chastise anybody that's not part of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Gries" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gries/i-don-t-care-what-your-religion-is-as-long-as-it-doesn-t-chastise/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/jon-gries-55864_care_i-don-t-care-what-your-religion-is-as-lo_1076350.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/jon-gries-55864_care_i-don-t-care-what-your-religion-is-as-lo_1076350.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/jon-gries-55864_care_i-don-t-care-what-your-religion-is-as-lo_1076350.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't care what your religion is, as long as it doesn't chastise anybody that's not part of it.” — Jon Gries", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rashid al-Ghannushi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashid-al-ghannushi/we-in-tunisia-have-no-problem-with-respecting-other-peoples-religion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/rashid-al-ghannushi-29734_long_we-in-tunisia-have-no-problem-with-respe_2722691.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/rashid-al-ghannushi-29734_long_we-in-tunisia-have-no-problem-with-respe_2722691.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/rashid-al-ghannushi-29734_long_we-in-tunisia-have-no-problem-with-respe_2722691.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.” — Rashid al-Ghannushi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is my religion. 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Ronny approved of religion as long as it endorsed the National Anthem, but he objected when it attempted to influence his life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E.M. Forster" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/the-conversation-had-become-unreal-since-christianity-had-entered-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/e-m-forster-2-1148_christianity_the-conversation-had-become-unreal-since_2007635.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/e-m-forster-2-1148_christianity_the-conversation-had-become-unreal-since_2007635.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/e-m-forster-2-1148_christianity_the-conversation-had-become-unreal-since_2007635.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...The conversation had become unreal since Christianity had entered it. Ronny approved of religion as long…” — E.M. 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