Concern Quote by Huston Smith

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

— Frans de Waal

Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the savagery that…

— Will Durant

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

— Arthur C. Clarke

Religion gets in the way of morality.

— Kim Campbell

Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus of what…

— Richard Dawkins

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

— George Washington

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

— Arthur C. Clarke

“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

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.

— Mahatma Gandhi

In our generation there is no agreed-upon framework. All issues are up for grabs. Morality no longer has any broad-based theology upon which to…

— F. LaGard Smith

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind.

— Paul Bert

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

— Dan Simmons