Aspiration Quote by Felix Adler

Refined religion is aimed at realizing ethical values, including the fostering of human lives and human communities.

— Philip Kitcher

The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals. Strength enters just as much as the moral element prevails.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be prematurely cut…

— Felix Adler

Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective superstructure, but…

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

Religion gives a dignity to distress.

— James Hervey

It is conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable.

— John Stuart Mill

[Religion is a way of reconstructing] what has come to feel like a crumbling moral framework in the life of our nation.

— Joe Lieberman

It makes that a virtue which is not a virtue, and that a crime which is not a crime. Religion consists in a round…

— Henry M. Field

“Not only do I believe that it is possible to maintain moral standards without the crutch of religion—but I would argue that it is…

— David G. McAfee

There are some great values in Christianity, but I think the values are located more deeply in our humanity than they are in our…

— John Shelby Spong

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in…

— Felix Adler

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things,…

— Steven Weinberg