Age Quote by Bertrand Russell

The knowledge exists by which universal happiness can be secured; the chief obstacle to its utilization for that purpose is the teaching of religion.…

— Bertrand Russell

Religion is a universal security blanket for a lot of people, especially children. It gives them a sense of security, albeit, I am relatively…

— Rock Cowles

Religion originates in the child's and young mankind's fears and need for help. It cannot be otherwise.

— Sigmund Freud

Religion holds the solution to all problems of human relationship, whether they are between parents and children or nation and nation. Sooner or later,…

— Arnold J. Toynbee

Religion belonged to the infancy of humanity. Now that humanity had come of age, it should be left behind.

— Sigmund Freud

Religion is a feature of cultural evolution that, among other things, addresses anxieties created by cultural evolution; it helps keep social change safe from…

— Robert Wright

Religion is a practical discipline and it's one that we have always done, ever since humanity appeared on the scene when Homo sapiens became…

— Karen Armstrong

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

— Gouverneur Morris

“The predisposition to religious belief is an ineradicable part of human behavior. Mankind has produced 100,000 religions. It is an illusion to think that…

— Edward O. Wilson

Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation of anything important. Where once…

— Christopher Hitchens

Religion is a defense against the experience of God.

— Carl Jung

Religion is the most important of all things: the great point of discrimination that divides the man from the brute. It is our special…

— William Godwin