Character Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

— Arthur C. Clarke

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Religion gets in the way of morality.

— Kim Campbell

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this…

— Karen Armstrong

“ONE OF THE most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering.”

— Sam Harris

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

“One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering. Religion…

— Sam Harris

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

— Frans de Waal

Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes.

— Christopher Hitchens

I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.

— Kirk Douglas

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

— George Washington