Companion Quote by Laurence Sterne

Religions have become a hindrance, rather than a help, to our shared pursuit of peace and progress. They tend to make us meaner rather…

— Agnivesh

Religion is not a nice thing. It is potentially a very dangerous thing because it involves a heady complex of emotions, desires, yearnings and…

— Karen Armstrong

Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed…

— A. Powell Davies

Whenever a religion tightens it's rules, a significant number of people break away and go in search of more freedom in their search for…

— Paulo Coelho

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.

— Karl Marx

It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only binds you.…

— Joseph Prince

Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be let go.

— Reggie Watts

“Freedom from all types of pain and misery is the exact (proper) religion. It is exact (proper) religion when egoism departs and all ‘wrong…

— Dada Bhagwan

The difficulty in living our religion is when we haven't totally made the commitment necessary.

— LaVell Edwards

There is a subtle danger that leads people away from religion, prevents them from submitting to God as their Lord, and ultimately, brings numerous…

— Harun Yahya

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

Religion is a very dangerous thing. By that I mean being so caught up in rules and regulations and not focusing on the thing…

— Joyce Meyer