Attached Quote by Jon Kabat-Zinn

A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And…

— Sam Harris

Few things have done more harm than the belief on the part of individuals or groups (or tribes or states or nations or churches)…

— Isaiah Berlin

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use…

— Larry Flynt

"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.

— Dallas Willard

Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very…

— Pema Chodron

The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that…

— Radhanath Swami

...all human beings have a right, and duty, to be joyful. Anything that thwarts this spiritual human right goes against the very purpose of…

— Agnivesh

“So much of what people suffer with is rooted in unresolved mental and emotional pain. People everywhere are addicted to false forms of comfort…

— Laura Gagnon

Spiritual deception is dangerous -and damning.

— David Platt

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it

— Anonymous

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

— Mary Douglas

Spirituality lies not in the power to heal others, to perform miracles, or to astound the world with our wisdom, but in the ability…

— Daya Mata