Character Quote by Al Stefanelli

“Always beware of turning religion into metaphysics: Morality is its essence.”

— Voltaire

“Without morality and ethics there is no religion (dharma), the foundation of religion is morality and ethics.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Whoever said that one cannot be moral without being religious never had morals in in the first place.”

— J.Adam Snyder

“Religious Morality Is Mostly Below the Belt”

— John Brockman (Ed

“Perhaps you confuse virtue and convention, gentlemen. Conventionality is not morality, and self-righteousness is not religion.”

— Juliet Gael

“Religion and ethics were not always - or even frequently - mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging relativism often…

— Dan Simmons

“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion.”

— Charlotte Bronte

“Anything which is morally wrong cannot be religiously, socially or politically right.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Religion and ethics were not always—or even frequently—mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging relativism often reflected the worst aspects…

— Dan Simmons

“One doesn't have to be religious to lead a moral life or attain wisdom.”

— Allan Lokos

“Unless there is a God, all morality is just opinion and belief. And virtually every atheist philosopher has acknowledged this.”

— Dennis Prager