Future Quote by Frank Herbert

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

— Frank Herbert

“Religion comforts us for the defeat of our will to power. It adds new worlds to ours, and thus brings us hope of new…

— Emil Cioran

Religion is the resolute following of the star of hope through triumphs and tragedies of time.

— Eustace Haydon

“Undoubtedly the most important source of religion is fear; this can be seen in the present day, since anything that causes alarm is apt…

— Bertrand Russell

“We humans have a natural tendency to search for solutions and irrational explanations as soon as we are confronted with fear. Since the dawn…

— Manuel Lempereur

“If religion addresses a genuine sphere of understanding and human necessity, then it should be susceptible to progress; its doctrines should become more useful,…

— Sam Harris

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] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the gods and…

— Rose Macaulay

The future of religion is connected with the possibility of developing a faith in the possibilities of human experience and human relationships that will…

— John Dewey

Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear.

— Bertrand Russell

“Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice . .…

— Georges Bizet

“Religion is what gives a person hope to keep walking even in the darkest times.”

— Abhijit Naskar